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Now, read these sentences.

y These are my shoes. Note

y That is your desk. Possessive adjectives are followed by nouns.
Possessive pronouns stand alone. For example,
y Those are his shoes. • Those are your shoes. (possessive adjective)

The highlighted adjectives tell us what • These shoes are mine. (possessive pronoun)
belongs to whom.

Adjectives that show possession are called possessive adjectives.

E. Fill in the blanks with the correct possessive pronouns or possessive adjectives.

1. Those flowers are (her/hers).

2. This umbrella is (her/hers).

3. Those marbles are (his/her).

4. She is (mine/my) mother.

5. This notebook is (my/mine) and the one on the table is

(your/yours).

6. I have not yet finished (mine/my) lunch.

Have you finished (yours/your)?

7. The brown house is (their/theirs).

The white one is (our/ours).

8. (Our/Ours) car is old. (Their/Theirs)

is new.

9. We can’t use these paints. They are
(my/his).

10. (My/Mine) pencil is broken. May I borrow
(your/yours)?

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