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POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES my our your your his her | their its: Llike my teacher. We eat our dinner at six o'clock. She washes her car. They are in their classroom. Complete the following sentences with the possessive adjective which refers to the subject of the sentence. 1. She knows —_. lesson well. (She knows her lesson well.) 2. Lalso know —________ lesson well. 3. Gail likes _____ English class very much. 4. Ido. homework on the bus every day. 5. You always get good marks on _______ examinations. 6. Both girls prepare ________ lessons well. 7. Mr. Bach drives to work in —_______car. 8. Mary andI do ____ homework together. 9. Grace writes a letter to ____ aunt every week. 10. The dog wags _______ tail when it sees _______ dinner dish. 11. The children take ______ toys to the park. 12. Iwrite the new words in _______ notebook. 18. Each cat has _____ own dish for food and water. 14, Both boys ride ________ bicycles to school. 15, You and Henry spend a lot of time on _______ homework. 16. We enjoy ________ English class. 17. She always does well on all ______ examinations. POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS I—my—mine we—our—ours you—your—yours _ you—your—yours he—his—his she—her—hers | they—their—theirs it—its—its This is my ring. ‘That is our truck. This ring is mine, That truck is ours. A. Substitute the appropriate possessive pronouns for the word in italics. 11. 12. 13. 14, 15, 16. 17, 18. This pen is my pen. (This pen is mine.) These seats are our seats. This umbrella is her umbrella. These pencils are your pencils. That computer is my father’s computer. That overcoat is his overcoat. These cigarettes seem to be your cigarettes; they are not my cigarettes. I believe this pen is her pen; it is not my pen. Is this notebook your notebook or Sarah's? Is this pack of cigarettes your pack of cigarettes or William’s? This pair of scissors is her pair of scissors. These seats are their seats; they are not our seats. This book is your book; the one over there on the desk is my book. He drives his car to work every day and I drive my car. You take care of your things and I'll take care of my things. Their home is pretty, but our home is prettier. His pronunciation is bad, and my pronunciation is too. His car was expensive, but your car was more expensive. POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS B. In the following sentences substitute the verb to be for the verb to belong. Then introduce a possessive pronoun or the possessive form of the noun. 1. This book belongs to him. (This book is his.) 2. This pencil belongs to Anthony. (This pencil is Anthony's.) 3. That notebook belongs to her. 4, That umbrella belongs to me. 5. I’m sure this pen belongs to Adrian. 6. No, it belongs to Miss Jefferson. 7. These magazines belong to them. 8. These pencils belong to us. 9. These books belong to them. 10. This book doesn’t belong to me. 11. This pen belongs to him. 12. I think this desk belongs to Mrs. Jones. 13. That car belongs to Robert. 14, These green apples belong to us, but those yellow ones belong to them. 15. I think this pencil belongs to me, but the yellow one belongs to you. 16. This pack of cigarettes must belong to him. 17. This umbrella belongs to the teacher. 18. These seats belong to them. 19. That black sports car belongs to our landlord. 20. This watch doesn’t belong to me; it belongs to my father, 21. The red sweater belongs to me; the blue one belongs to Virginia. 22. That bicycle belongs to Jim’s little brother.

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