Possessive Adjectives vs Possessive Pronouns Exercise
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Choose the correct answers (Possessive pronouns OR Possessive adjectives).
1. We know their / theirs telephone number, but they don't know our / ours.
2. My / Mine car wasn't as expensive as her / hers.
3. A : How are your / yours children?
B : Fine, thanks. How are your / yours?
4. Manisha has got her / hers suitcase, but her / hers friends haven't got theirs.
5. Our / Ours flat isn't as big as their / theirs, but our / ours is much more comfortable.
6. Have you seen my / mine coat?
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Hi Rajan, let's solve these grammar exercises together by choosing the right possessive adjectives and pronouns.
Possessives Guide
- Possessive Adjectives (my, your, her, our, their) come before a noun.
- Possessive Pronouns (mine, yours, hers, ours, theirs) stand alone.
Let's look at the first set. In the first part, we have 'telephone number' as a noun, so we use the adjective 'their'. In the second part, there's no noun, so we use the pronoun 'ours'.
1. We know their telephone number, but they don't know ours.
Next for sentence two, we use 'my' before the noun 'car'. In the second clause, we use 'hers' because no noun follows it.
2. My car wasn't as expensive as hers.
In the third example, the speaker asks about 'children', which is a noun, so we use 'your'.
3. A: How are your children?
The reply doesn't repeat the word children, so we use the independent pronoun 'yours'.
B: Fine, thanks. How are yours?
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