Possessive Pronouns

Possessive Pronouns

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Possessive pronouns show possession or ownership. They take the place of possessive nouns.

• Possessive pronouns change in form to indicate person, number, and gender.

The possessive pronouns are mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, and theirs.

• Unlike possessive nouns, possessive pronouns DO NOT contain apostrophes.

• Ex. These shoes are Liz’s. (possessive noun)

• Ex. These shoes are hers. (possessive pronoun)

Sometimes, possessive adjectives are called “weak possessive pronouns.” They function much like possessive pronouns in that they show possession or ownership and require an antecedent to determine the correct form, but they don’t REPLACE the noun. They modify it like an adjective would.

• The weak possessive pronouns are my, your, his, her, its, our, and their.

• Ex. I said that’s my phone.

Choose the correct possessive pronoun to complete each sentence.

Use the highlighted personal pronoun or weak possessive pronoun (possessive adjective) to help you.

Multiple Choice

I saw him drop this pen. It's _____.

• his

• hers

• yours

Multiple Choice

The jacket is _____. I gave her my jacket because she looked cold.

• mine

• ours

• hers

Multiple Choice

The house is ______. We went to their house for lunch.

• yours

• theirs

• his

Multiple Choice

The dog is _____. We got him last year.

• hers

• theirs

• ours

Multiple Choice

Give the ball to me. It's _____.

• ours

• theirs

• mine

Choose the correct possessive pronoun to complete each sentence.

Use the clues in the sentences to help you.

Multiple Choice

This pizza is _____. You ordered it.

• yours

• mine

• his

Multiple Choice

She has the winning science project. It is _____.

• ours

• his

• hers

Multiple Choice

You found the shells. They are _____.

• mine

• yours

• ours

Multiple Choice

They were proud of the work. It was _____.

• theirs

• hers

• his

Multiple Choice

He has his own ideas. They are _____.

• ours

• yours

• his