We use possessive pronouns in our speech every day. This is my cat, their dog, her ice cream, his briefcase, their daughter ... We will see pronouns in almost every sentence. Since the theory on this topic has already been studied, today we will proceed directly to practice in order to consolidate the knowledge gained. Remember: when learning the possessive pronouns in English language exercises will help you memorize theory much more effectively than even a hundred repetitions. Therefore, straight to the point! We are waiting for interesting tasks that will be easy enough even for children.

Possessive pronoun exercises are relatively easy. And if you first repeat the basic subtleties of translation, then work on the assignments will be quite easy. So, to your attention are tables with possessive pronouns that will put all the features of translation on the shelves.

First form of possessive pronouns

My	Mine, mine, mine, mine
His	His
Her	Her
Its	His her
Our	Our, our, our, our
Your
Their	Their

Second form of possessive pronouns

Mine	Mine, mine, mine, mine
His	His
Hers	Her
Ours	Our, our, our, our
Yours	Yours, yours, yours, yours; your, your, your, your
Theirs	Their

As you already know, despite the fact that Possessive Pronouns have two forms, they all answer the same question => whose? That is Whose? Whose? Whose? Whose? At the same time, we would like to remind you that the absolute form of possessive pronouns differs from the first (attributive) one both in spelling and in the role in the sentence: nouns do not follow after absolute, they are missing.

Examples of:

That is his cup => This is his cup (possessive pronoun in attributive form his+ noun cup)

But! That cup is mine=> This cup is mine (possessive pronoun in absolute form mine, after which you do not need to put a noun).

So, when we have repeated the theory, we can safely proceed to the exercises. Now you can put your knowledge to the test. Forward!

Exercise 1 (possessive pronouns)

Arrange the possessive pronouns correctly, choosing from the suggested in the attributive form (my, his, her, its, our, your, their):

my his her our their

Book but she denied to return it to him.

I saw that picture in

his our its her their

House but don’t remember whether it was her property or just a gift.

I forgot my glasses in

your my their her our

Car. Probably they will return it to me tomorrow.

The teacher was listening to

my their your our its

Answer quite patiently but it was really silly one.

His Its Their Your Her

Jacket I found in

her his my their our

My Your His Our Their

Parents were absent while

his my their your our

Were at school.

Note! Possessive pronouns can be reversed in these sentences. For example, in the last sentence, Possessive Pronouns can be swapped without compromising context. But, for example, in the third sentence, there will be only one choice, since there is an identifier word they.

We continue to use possessive pronouns

Exercise 2 (possessive pronouns)

Write the correct option from those presented in parentheses:

My grandfather has a cat. color is warm red.

She saw dress washing in washing machine. The dress in washing machine was (her, hers, its).

I saw him wearing best shirt. It suits him so much!

cat sleeps when it has done all insidious things.

They live in a big city. city is so nice I would like to visit it this summer!

I like dress more than .

I have a rabbit. The rabbit is .

plane is a luxury one as well as pleasure boat.

My sister has a doll. doll is very expensive.

Her brother is very naughty. Only trousers costs 5 times more than my the most expensive dress!

Exercise 3 (possessive pronouns)

Arrange the correct pronouns in the attributive and absolute form:

I have a dress. The dress is.

Dress is very nice.

Her friend has a new lipstick. The new lipstick is.

Lipstick is of dark wine color.

This shirt is.

Shirt is from the newest collection.

The business is

their them theirs they

They Their Theirs Them

Business is very successful. I had no doubt from the beginning!

This pizza is.

Pizza is with tomatoes and mozzarella while you decided to order a meat one. See, we have different tastes.

And ready to start exercising. Everything exercises on Possesive Pronouns go with increasing difficulty, so the first of them are suitable even for children. You will find the answers to the exercises, according to tradition, at the end of the article.

Possessive pronouns exercises.

Exercise 1. Complete the sentences. Use the words from the box.

This is my mum. _________ name "s Jess.
These are my sisters. ________ names are Mary and Dina.
These are my parents. _________ names are Tanya and Bob
This is my cousin. _________ name "s Helen.
This is my cousin. ______ name "s Fred
These are my sisters. _______ names are Tina and Nina.
This is my aunt. _______ name "s Pam.

Exercise 2. What is Molly Adamauer saying? Add my, your, his, her, our or their.

First name is Molly. _____family name is Adamauer. What about you? What "s _____ first name? And what" s ______ family name? I "m married. You can see _____ husband in the picture. ______ name is Aisek. We" ve got one son and one daughter. ______ son is 21._____ name is Nickolas. _______ daughter is 24.______ name is Emy. Emy is married. _____ husband "s name is Bred. Emy and Bred have got two children. ______ names are Kevin and Evi.

Exercise 3. Circle the correct word.

This is Michael. This is his / her family. These are my / his parents. This is her / their house. This is your / their pet. This is her / its ball.

Absolute possessive pronouns exercises.

Exercise 4. Insert absolute possessive pronouns.

Jason: Whose sunglasses are these?

Kate They "re Amy" s, I think. Yes, they "re (1) _______.

Paul: Whose baseball cap is this?

Amy: That "s (2) ______ too! Thanks.

Kate: Ugh! Whose dirty towel is this?

Jason: Ask Paul. I think it "s (3) __________.

Paul: Yes, it is. Thanks. You "ve got a great T-shirt, Amy!

Kate: Thanks. I borrowed it from my big sister. So it "s (4) __________ really.

Jason: What about this umbrella?

Paul: Don "t be silly, Jason! You brought it, so it must be (5) __________.

Kate: Does this beach ball belong to us?

Jason: No, it isn "t (6) __________. Those kids over there were looking for a ball, so it" s (7) _________ probably.

Possessive pronouns. Mixed exercises.

Exercise 5. Choose the correct possessive pronouns from the underlined words.

Is this yours / your daughter?
It "s theirs / their problem, not our / ours.
It "s a good idea of your / yours to go to the bar tonight.
Are these her / hers shoes?
We "re going swimming with some friends of our / ours.
Is it yours / your article about spiders? -No, it "s not my / mine.
We know their / theirs address but they don "t know our / ours.
That "s not my / mine wallet. Mine / my is black.
His cottage is bigger than her / hers but her / hers is nicer.
My / mine parents live in Vitebsk region, and your / yours?

Exercise 6. Insert the expressions you want with (own).

He really loves to have __________ car.
I hope to set up _________ business one day
Roman Abramovich had a comfortable plane of __________.
We don "t need your tools, we" ve taken _________ drill.
They invested the money of__________ in this project.
She "s always smoking our cigarettes! Why doesn" t she buy __________.
I have always dreamt to have a room of___________.
Liza has left ____________ child in infant home!
The house was built by ___________ great-grandfather. We "re proud of this fact.
We can believe them. _________experiment is a good proof for us.

Exercise 7. Complete the conversation with the correct possessive pronouns.

Tim: Whose CD is that?

Jenny: The Britney Spears CD? It "s (1) _______. It" s (2) _______ favorite CD.

Tim: It "s (3) _________ too. Is this Kylie Minogue CD (4) ________ too?

Jenny: No, it "s (5) ________ sister’s. And those on the table are (6) ________ too.

Tim: There "s a Beatles CD on the table. Does she like The Beatles?

Jenny: No, she doesn "t. But (7) _____ parents love them. All the Beatles CDs are (8) ______.

Tim: Can I borrow this one, or is it (9) _________ sister "s?

Jenny No, it isn "t (10) _________. I" ll have to ask (11) _____ brother. That CD is (12) _______.

Exercise 8. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate possessive pronouns.

Jill and Jack write articles for ______ school newspaper.
Bob nodded at ____ wife as if he wanted to say "You see?"
Do you think they are losing ____ popularity?
From ____ place I could watch the people eating ____ lunch.
I like____ new car. I bought it yesterday.
He took off ______ jacket and loosened ____ tie.
My mum usually came to ____ office at 4 o "clock.
They've got two children but I don’t remember ____
We are going to invite all ____ friends to the party.
We’re staying at a very nice hotel. ____ room is very comfortable.

Answers to Possessive Pronoun Exercises.

1 her, 2 their, 3 their, 4 her, 5 his, 6 their, 7 her

My, my, your, your, my, his, our, his, our, her, her, their

His, his, their, their, its

1 hers, 2 mine, 3 his, 4 hers, 5 yours, 6 ours, 7 theirs

1 your, 2 their / ours, 3 yours, 4 her, 5 ours, 6 your / mine, 7 their / ours, 8 my / mine, 9 hers / hers 10 my / yours

1 his own, 2 my own, 3 his own, 4 our own, 5 their own, 6 her own, 7 my own, 8 her own, 9 our own, 10 their own or our own

1 mine, 2 my, 3 mine, 4 yours, 5 my, 6 hers, 7 my or our, 8 theirs, 9 your, 10 hers, 11 my, 12 his

1 - their, 2 - his, 3 - their, 4 - my / their, 5 - my, 6 - his / his, 7 - her, 8 - their, 9 - our, 10 - our

Every personal pronoun in English has a corresponding possessive pronoun.

Possessive pronouns reflect the belonging of an object to someone or something.

Those. answer the question whose? (whose?)

I(I am) - my(my / my / my / mine)

I love my car - I love my cars at

Let's look at the possessive pronouns in examples:

Note!

There is no pronoun in English mine . When translated, it is replaced by one of the possessive pronouns. For instance:

I love my car - I love my car

Cat loves my toy - The cat loves its toy

It is also worth remembering that the above possessive pronouns are always used front nouns

his car

my car

If it is necessary to add an adjective to a noun, then we put it after the pronoun

my beautiful car (my beautiful car)

Possessive pronouns in English are often used even in cases where they are absent (but implied) in Russian. For instance:

He closed eyes- He closed his eyes

She visited parents- She visited her parents

its / it’s

its is a pronoun

The cat loves its toy (The cat loves its toy.)

it’ s Is short for it is

It’s a cat. = It is a cat. (It's a cat.)

Exercises

Exercise 1

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Exercise 2

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Exercise # 3

Now let's talk about the cases when after the possessive pronoun no noun.

Possessive pronouns without a noun

Sometimes we use pronouns without nouns. For instance:

- Whose car is it? - My .

In this case, the form of the possessive pronoun in English is is changing.

It is my car. (This is my car.) It is mine... (She is mine.)

With a noun - my without a noun - mine

Let's compare pronouns with and without a noun:

Let's see how possessive pronouns change with examples:

Note!

1. Possessive pronoun its not used without a noun.

2. You may have noticed that this form of the pronoun is formed by adding a letter s to the end of a word (in all pronouns except my – mine ). And since in the word his she (letter s) is already there, this pronoun does not change.

It is his car. It is his .

3. A few more examples with possessive pronouns without a noun

Is this car yours or hers ?
Is this car yours or hers?

I don’t have a mobile phone. Could you give me Exercise 2

Type a word and press the "Tab" button on your keyboard or left-click on the next blank rectangle to easily move to the next question in the exercise.

Knowledge of pronouns allows us to make our speech more complete and varied. Many of them can even act as the main member of the proposal. This part of speech helps to clarify the sentence and avoid repetition in the use of nouns. Thus, its main function is to replace words that have already been used before.

In fact, the topic "Pronouns" is not a complex one, but requires deliberate study, immersion in the material and attentiveness.

There are eight types of pronouns:

personal;
possessive;
interrogative;
indicative;
returnable;
relative;
undefined;
mutual.

In English, as in Russian, they are inclined according to cases, change according to gender and numbers. They are used taking into account the agreement of that part of speech, instead of which they are used in the sentence. For example, a boy is he (he), girls are they (they).

Features and application of pronouns

Now let's take a look at each of the types in the classification separately.

The group of personal pronouns includes the following words: I - I; you - you (you); he - he; she - she; it - it; we - we; they are they. You deserves special attention - this lexeme is used both in the singular and in plural, denoting "you", "you", as well as "you" - a respectful appeal to a person.

You are a kind boy. - You are a kind boy.

Children, have you read this book? - Children, have you read this book?

You are a very educated person. - You are a very educated person.

In English, inanimate objects are designated It, but this word is also used when it comes about animals.

This is my backpack. It is big. - This is my backpack. He is big.

That’s my cat. It is fluffy and affectionate. - This is my cat. She is fluffy and affectionate.

The possessive form indicates belonging, these include: my - mine, your - your (your), his - his, her - her, its - his, our - our, their - their.

He has a house. His house. - He has a house. His house.

They love this movie. This is their favorite movie. - They love this movie. This is their favorite movie.

Interrogative pronouns (what? - what? Which? Which? Which? - which? Which (of two)? Who? - who? Whom? - to whom? Whom? Whose? - whose?) Are used in sentences that end with a sign question.

Where do you spend your evening? - Where do you spend the evening?

Who can help me? - Who can help me?

When it comes to a specific object or person, you can use demonstrative pronouns: this (this) - these (these), that (that) - those (those). Pay attention to their shaping, how it changes depending on the number. They are also often used in context when the name of an object or the name of a person is unknown.

That boy broke the glass. - That boy broke a glass.

This book was interesting. - This book was interesting.

When an action is performed on its own, that is, by itself, the use of reflexive pronouns will be appropriate. They are formed as follows: possessive pronoun + self.

For example, him + self = himself

A cat washed itself - The cat washed.

In complex constructions, you can often find relative pronouns. They allow you to combine both parts of a sentence: the main and the subordinate clause (that - what, who, who - who, etc.).

She said that the work day was over. - She said that the working day is over.

Indefinite or they are also called relative pronouns - one of the most common types. They are well known to us from Russian grammar. There may be a problem with their correct use, since there is a clear distinction between words denoting animate and inanimate objects.

anyone - something: anyone - anything;
everything - everything: everyone - everything;
nobody - nothing: no one, nobody - nothing;
someone - something: someone - something.

Еach other and one another - these words refer to reflexive pronouns and are relevant in sentences when it comes to an action that two people perform and are directed to each other.

To consolidate the material covered, perform exercises on English pronouns... We have prepared some simple tasks for you, you can download them here.

In English and want to test your knowledge in business, then welcome to this page. Do exercises for English pronouns different types or all in a row, and then check yourself with the answers at the end.

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In all tasks, you must choose one correct answer out of two or three suggested in brackets. The exercises are suitable for children in grades 5-7 and everyone who learns English at various stages.

Exercises:

Personal pronouns (I, he, them, you ...)

(He, she, it) is a flower.
My granny lives in a country. I go to (her, she, them) on holidays.
My parents are doctors. (He, they, them) work in a hospital.
(She, I, he) love my mom.
I have a brother. Sometimes I ask (her, he, him) to help me.
(Them, they, it) are going to school at the moment.
(He, she, you) study very well.

Possessive pronouns ( our, your, your, my ...)

My dad has a car. (Her, he, his) car is red.
(Their, them, they) house is quite big.
I have a boat. The boat is (my, mine, their).
I like (your, him, it) answer more than (me, its, theirs).
(My, mine, your) dog wails (his, her, its) tail when I come from school.
We live in a small town. (Our, his, ours) town is very nice.
She wears (their, her, his) dress to school every day.

Demonstrative pronouns (this, those, these ...)

(That, this) is our house and (that, this) is theirs.
(This, these) are books.
(This, these) is a red ball and (this, that) is a yellow ball.
(That, these) is a cat and (those, this) are mice.
I like (this, these) flowers!
(That, those) pictures are very beautiful.
They live in (these, this) country.

Reflexive pronouns (yourself, yourself, yourself ...)

I do my homework all by (himself, herself, myself).
They plan their vacation (ourselves, myself, themselves).
We are going to the sea (themselves, himself, ourselves).
My dad built this house (himself, herself, ourselves).
This dog found (herself, himself, itself) a place under the bench.
Yesterday she had a birthday. She bought (herself, itself, ourselves) earrings as a present.
You should plan your life (yourself, himself, yourselves).

Mix (all mixed)

(He, I, me) have got a friend. (Her, his, him) name is Pete.
(We, he, I) love traveling to different countries (himself, ourselves, itself).
(They, he, it) go to school. (Him, her, their) school is near (me, mine, myself).
(These, this) is a box. (It, she, he) is (ourselves, mine, her) present.
Where did (you, his, it) buy (that, this, those) shoes?
(It, this, these) ball is (he, his, myself) and (they, these, this) are (theirs, her, its).
(This, he, these) is (him, ours, our) house. (He, we, they) built (him, her, it) (them, ourselves, their)

I hope you have mastered the tasks and now you can say: "I did it!"