Possessive Adjective

and Possessive
Pronoun
Possessive Adjectives

Possessive Adjective digunakan untuk menerangkan siapa

yang memiliki/mempunyai suatu benda. Menurut
fungsinya, adjective digunakan untuk
menerangkan noun (kata benda) dan letak dari possessive
adjective berada sebelum noun (kata benda).

Possessive Adjective + Noun

Examples:

My dog is big.
Her cat is brown.
Their sister works downtown.
Possessive Pronouns

Possessive Pronoun (kata ganti kepunyaan) digunakan

untuk merujuk/menggantikan kata
kepemilikan/kepunyaan suatu benda.

Noun + Possessive Pronoun

Examples:

The dog is mine.

The brown cat is hers.
The car is ours.
Choose whether each sentence requires a possessive adjective or
a possessive pronoun:
EX: That car is not his. It's mine. (possessive pronoun)
OR That's my car. (possessive adjective)

1. She's not his friend, she's (my/mine).

2. Robert didn't drink his own coffee. He drank (his/his).
3. That is one of (hers/her) friends.
4. His neighborhood is safe, while (my/mine) neighborhood isn't.
5. His neighborhood is safe, while (my/mine) isn't.
6. Did (your/yours) mother call?
7. I don't know (them/their) very well.
8. I don't know (them/their) daughter very well.
9. I talked to (my/me) grandmother for three hours last night.
10. I think I got my notes mixed up with (your/yours).
Choose the correct word for each space.
1. ________ pencil is broken. Can I borrow _______?
a. Mine, yours
b. Your, mine
c. My, yours
d. Yours, mine
2. She has eaten her lunch already, but I'm saving ________ until later.
a. hers
b. her
c. my
d. Mine
3. Is ________ grammar book expensive?
a. your
b. yours
c. your's
d. you
4. These grammar books are different. ________ has 278 pages, but
________ has only 275.
a. Yours, mine
b. Your, my
c. Yours, my
d. Your, mine
5. You can't have any chocolate! It's ________!
a. your
b. its
c. her
d. Mine
6. ________ computer is a Mac, but ________ is a PC.
a. Your, mine
b. Yours, mine
c. Your, my
d. Yours, my
7. We gave them ________ telephone number, and they gave us ________.
a. ours, their
b. our, their
c. ours, theirs
d. our, theirs
8. Jody has lost ________ book.
a. mine
b. her
c. hers
d. Theirs
9. This bird has broken ________ wing.
a. it's
b. its'
c. hers
d. Its
10. My telephone is out of order, but ________ is working.
a. your
b. our
c. his
d. Their
Part A. - Possessive Adjectives
Directions: Use the correct possessive adjective. The subject in each
sentence will help you with your decision.

1. I have a computer on _________ desk.

2. You have a computer on _________ desk.
3. He likes to play with ________ dog.
4. We don't know __________ neighbors very well.
5. The cat doesn't like __________ food.
6. The students left _________ classroom very quickly.
7. You all have __________ own ideas about politics.
8. I really want to see ______ friends this weekend.
9. They spend __________ money on junk.
10. Robert is very happy with __________ new job.
11. Mary thinks ___her_______ apartment is too small.
12. Where are you going on ______your____ vacation?
13. The city has ____its_____ own fire department.
14. You and I are having lunch with _____our____ teacher.
15. Did you finish ____your______ work on time?
16. Jim and Sal love ______their____ new house.
17. Can I have _____my_____ car back, please?
18. John can't fix _____his_____ sink.
19. Does Martha have ___her_______ keys?
20. We should bring _______our__ coats to the game.
Part B. - Possessive Pronouns
Directions: Write the correct possessive pronoun in the blank space
following each sentence or question.
Example: This pen is her pen. hers

1. This classroom is my classroom. ____mine______

2. Are these books your books? __________yours__
3. He has his own car and I have my own car. _____mine____
4. Her English is good, and his English is good too. ___his_____
5. I think this money is her money. _____hers_____
6. Your children are smart, and so are our children. ____ours_____
7. Our work is finished; their work isn't. ______theirs_____
8. Those tickets are his tickets. ____his_______
9. Your garden looks great, but my garden doesn't. ____mine_____
10. Her song was good, and I liked your song, too. ______yours___
Part C. Fill out the chart below with the correct
possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns.

Subject Possessive Adjective Possessive Pronoun

I my mine
You your yours
He his his
She her hers
It its its
We our ours
They their theirs