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Possessives


The words my, your, his, her, its, our, your, their are used to show that one noun belongs to another noun. For example:

  • This is my friend.
    (the friend of the speaker)
  • Is that our new treacher? What is his name?
    (the name of the new teacher)

Subject Pronoun Object Pronoun Possessive Adjective Possessive Pronoun Reflexive Pronoun
I me my mine myself
you you your yours yourself
he him his his himself
she her her hers herself
it it its its itself
we us our ours ourselves
you you your yours yourselves
they them their theirs themselves

Fill the gap with the correct possessive pronoun.

Questions

  1. I bought a new phone last week. ___ phone is an iPhone.
    • My
  2. My family and I live here. This is ___ house.
    • our
  3. There are too many students in my class. I can’t remember all ___ names.
    • their
  4. "What's the girl's name?" "___ name is Sung Su."
    • Her
  5. I love Italian people and I love ___ food.
    • their
  6. David is not a Chinese name. What is ___ Chinese name?
    • your
  7. I'm from Australia, but most of ___ friends are from other countries.
    • my
  8. Is that your brother? What’s ___ name?
    • his
  9. Jason has a dog. ___ dog is really friendly.
    • His
  10. “Hello students. I am ___ teacher, Rob.”
    • your
  11. We are not happy with this English class, because ___ teacher is boring.
    • our
  12. I have two sisters. ___ names are Jenny and Lisa.
    • Their
  13. The kangaroo has a baby. ___ baby is called a joey.
    • Its
  14. This is Anna and this is ___ friend.
    • her
  15. My brother and I go to the same school. ___ school is in Melbourne.
    • Our
  16. Wish me happy birthday. It’s ___ birthday today.
    • my
  17. I know Lisa, but I don't know ___ brother.
    • her
  18. I want to buy this computer, but I don’t know ___ price.
    • its
  19. What’s ___ name and where do you come from?
    • your

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