possessive pronoun shows possession or control. It takes the place of a possessive
noun.
SINGULAR
PLURAL
First Person:
my, mine
our, ours
Second Person:
your, yours
your, yours
Third Person:
his, her, hers, its
their, theirs
Exercise 1 Draw one line under each personal pronoun and two lines under each possessive pronoun. They made a float to represent their club in the village parade.
1. With her new shoes, she ran faster than she had before.
2. My floral arrangement won me first prize at the flower show on the fairgrounds.
3. Benny and Tara landscaped our yard for us before they did theirs.
4. When Akira returned from the hike, his ragged appearance made me frown.
5. Their vacation turned out to be the much-needed rest they wanted.
6. His manager gave him a bonus for his extra work over the busy holiday.
7. We noticed how playful our lambs are this morning.
8. Our newspaper carrier delivered the paper on her new bike this morning.
9. We left the house keys hanging in our garage on a nail behind the light switch.
10. Their new textbooks arrived after ours did.
11. His friends always make light of our efforts on the practice field.
