Possessive Adjective and Pronouns

By Miguel M. Llop Díaz-Cano

Fill the blanks with the missing possessives.


1. This doesn't look my (*) book; it must be (*)

    mine/yours

    my/yours

    my/her

    my/your

2. Tell me, isn't that (*) old car over there?

    her

    hers

    mine

    theirs

3. They have two of (*) houses in the street, and the house on the corner is also (*).

    my/theirs

    their/their

    their/theirs

    theirs/their

4. I see that he has lost (*) pencil; perhaps you can lend him (*).

    him/yours

    her/mine

    my/your

    his/yours

5. John has come to see me; (*) father and (*) were school friends.

    him/mine

    his/my

    his/mine

    her/mine