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Possessive Adjectives and Possessive Pronouns

For each of the following questions, listen to a person talking. You can read the person’s words. In the questions, some words are missing. Fill in the blanks by choosing the words that the person says.

1. My Mine computer is broken. Is your yours broken, too?

2. His (adjective) His (pronoun) house is in Vancouver, but her hers is in Victoria and our ours is in Nanaimo.

3. You want me to go to a party with you? Whose Who’s party is it? Whose Who’s invited?

4. My Mine marks are good, but their theirs aren’t. That’s their theirs problem, not my mine .

5. Its It’s fun to wash the dog, but its it’s hair is very dirty.

6. Our Ours classes have ten students. How many students are in your yours classes?

7. Her Hers sister is a very intelligent woman, and my mine is intelligent, too.

8. Whose Who’s shoes are these?

9. My Mine dad is driving his (adjective) his (pronoun) car. Its It’s not my mom’s car; its it’s his (adjective) his (pronoun) .

10. Your Yours coat is in the closet.