Boost your grammar skills with this fun and interactive pronouns quiz! Practice possessive pronouns like mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, and theirs with examples and explanations.
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A possessive pronoun is a word that shows ownership or possession, replacing a noun to indicate who or what something belongs to.
Examples: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs.
Here’s the information presented in a table for easy understanding:
| Possessive Pronoun | Meaning | Examples |
| Mine | Belongs to the speaker | This book is mine. |
| The red bag is mine, not yours. | ||
| Yours | Belongs to the person spoken to | Is this pen yours? |
| The house next door is yours. | ||
| His | Belongs to a male person | This jacket is his. |
| That car is his, not mine. | ||
| Hers | Belongs to a female person | That bag is hers. |
| This dress is hers, not yours. | ||
| Its | Belongs to a thing, animal, or object | The cat licked its paw. |
| The dog has found its ball. | ||
| Ours | Belongs to the speaker and others | This house is ours. |
| The victory was ours to celebrate. | ||
| Theirs | Belongs to a group of people other than you | The blue car is theirs. |
| The garden next door is theirs, not ours. |
Results
#1. “The books are ____.” Which possessive pronoun is correct?
“Ours” is the correct possessive pronoun; “our” is an adjective.
#2. “Are these shoes ____?” Which possessive pronoun should be used?
“Yours” is the correct possessive pronoun for “shoes”.
#3. Which sentence is correct?
“Their” is the correct possessive pronoun; “their’s” is incorrect.
#4. “This bag is ____.” What is the correct possessive pronoun?
“His” shows possession, not “Him” (object pronoun) or “He” (subject pronoun).
#5. “The car is ____.” Which possessive pronoun should be used?
“Ours” is the possessive pronoun, while “our” is a possessive adjective.
#6. “Is this notebook ____?”
“Yours” is the possessive pronoun. “You” is a subject pronoun, and “your” is an adjective.
#7. “These shoes are ____.” What is the correct answer?
“Mine” is the possessive pronoun, while “my” is an adjective, and “I” is a subject pronoun.
#8. Which of the following sentences is correct?
“Theirs” is the correct possessive pronoun, “their’s” is incorrect.
#9. These books are ____, not yours. Which possessive pronoun completes the sentence?
“Ours” is the correct possessive pronoun; “our” is an adjective.
#10. “The book is ____.” What is the correct possessive pronoun?
“Mine” is the correct possessive pronoun. “My” is an adjective, and “I” is a subject pronoun.
#11. “Is this bag ____?”
“Hers” is the possessive pronoun for “bag”. “She” is a subject pronoun, and “her” is an adjective.
#12. Which sentence uses a possessive pronoun correctly?
“Theirs” is the correct possessive pronoun, while “their’s” is incorrect.
#13. “This pencil is ____.” Which possessive pronoun should be used?
“Mine” is the correct possessive pronoun, while “my” is an adjective.
#14. “The gift is ____.” Which possessive pronoun fits here?
“Yours” is the correct possessive pronoun; “your” is an adjective and “you” is a subject pronoun.
#15. “The book is ____.” What is the correct possessive pronoun?
“Theirs” is the correct possessive pronoun; “their” is an adjective.
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