Possessive Pronoun Exercise

Exercise-1

Choose the right word and fill in the blanks:

1. This is my ink pen. Where is …………………………………….?
A) your
B) yours

2. This Hill property is mine. Have you got any properties of …………………………………. own?
A) your
B) yours

3. My electric car goes fast. What about …………………………………..?
A) your
B) yours

4. Is Geeta not a friend of ………………………………?
A) your
B) yours

5. A nephew of ………………………………… works abroad.
A) my
B) me
C) mine

6. Once I lent him a color magazine of …………………………………. and never got it back.
A) my
B) mine

7. She got the National Award for a color painting of …………………………………..
A) her
B) hers

8. A neighbor Ghanshyam of ………………………………….. has filed a suit against us.
A) our
B) ours

Answers:

1. Where is yours?

2. Have you got any hill properties of your own?

3. What about yours?

4. Is Geeta not a friend of yours?

5. A nephew of mine works abroad.

6. Once I lent him a color magazine of mine and never got it back.

7. She got the National Award for a color painting of hers.

8. Ghanshyam’s neighbor ours has filed a suit against us..

Exercise-2

Substitute with suitable possessive pronouns:

1. Madan liked my cookies more than your cookies.

2. Mr. Mahesh, is that your car?

3. Did you find my cat’s bell?

4. That is not their pen. This black one is their pen.

5. Whose car is this? Is it his car?

Answers:

1. Madan liked my cookies more than yours.

2. Mr. Mahesh, is that yours?

3. Did you find its bell?

4. That is not their pen. This black one is theirs.

5. Whose car is this? Is it his?

Possessive Pronouns are used to indicate the possession or ownership or relation of a person/thing to another person/thing i.e. Possessive Pronouns are used to describe people, animals, or things that a person or be related to something. A possessive pronoun is another kind or type of pronoun. When we have to show or express authority over something, we use the possessive pronoun. It takes the place of a noun in a sentence (means Possessive pronoun). It can do any function in a sentence that a noun can do. Possessive pronouns are also known as perfect possessive pronouns. Possession is also denoted by the Possessive Adjective.