Possessive Pronouns: Examples & Exercises

Possessive pronouns are words that show ownership: they tell us who something belongs to. We use them so we do not have to repeat the noun again. Read the article below and try the exercises at the end.

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Possessive Pronouns Table
Possessive Pronouns or Possessive Adjectives?
Possessive Pronouns Exercises

The main pronouns are: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs.

For example:

That pen is yours. → It belongs to you.
The jacket is his. → It belongs to him.
Look at the building, its windows are big. → The windows belong to the building.

Notice something important: we use possessive pronouns alone, without a noun after them. We say:

This is mine. (not: “mine book”)
The car is theirs. (not: “theirs car”)

Possessive Pronouns Table

Possessive Pronouns	Example
mine	This book is mine.
yours	Is this pen yours?
his	That bag is his.
hers	The jacket is hers.
its	The cat licked its paw.
ours	The house is ours.
theirs	The toys are theirs.

Possessive Pronouns or Possessive Adjectives?

Compare:

Adjectives need a noun: my book, your house, her bag.
Pronouns replace the noun: mine, yours, hers.

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Possessive Pronouns Exercises

EXERCISE: Possessive Pronouns – Write the correct pronoun

Write the correct pronouns according to the hint.

1 / 10

That bike is .

Hint: I

2 / 10

Look at this car, trunk is very big.

Hint: it

3 / 10

That house is .

Hint: she

4 / 10

This seat is .

Hint: you

5 / 10

The garden is .

Hint: they

6 / 10

The phone is .

Hint: he

7 / 10

The dog is sleeping, and tail is still moving.

Hint: it

8 / 10

The project is .

Hint: we

9 / 10

These keys are .

Hint: I

10 / 10

The building is .

Hint: we

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