Ex. 2-Possessive Pronouns

Instructions. Fill in all the blanks. Use mine, yours, his, hers, ours, or theirs.

Explanation

Possessive pronouns are often used to compare or to identify. They are used to avoid repetition of the noun.

A: Is this your book or mine?
B: It's not mine.

I like our house better than theirs.
Their house is big but ours is small.
A.
Frank: Whose coffee cup is this?
Joe: It's not . Maybe it's Cathy's.
Frank: I don't think it's . She seldom drinks coffee.

B.
Sally: I think this T-shirt is . It's a medium and that's my size.
Ellen: I know it's not mine. It has to be .

C.
Bob: Hey, who left these dirty dishes in the sink?
Chuck: They're not mine. I thought they were .
Bob: They're definately not . They must be Steve's.

D.
Henry: Have you seen Ron's blank CDs? He said I could use one.
Phil: There's a box of CD's on the kitchen table.
Henry: Those are probably .

E.
Melanie: We just bought a new car. We got a 2003 Toyota Camry. It's dark blue.
Rita: Oh, really? We have a Toyota Camry too. is a 2001. It's silver.