Complete the following exercise. Please read the following information first. -Geraldine is telling the story.

-Geraldine thinks Mary has taken her coat. Use subject, object, possessive pronoun or adjective Two days ago, .................. saw Mary wearing .................. coat. .................. knew .................. was .................., because .................. had a coffee stain on the left sleeve. .................. explained to .................. that .................. was .................., but .................. said .................. was .................. She refused to give .................. back and walked off. .................. followed .................. as .................. decided to go shopping in .................. coat. First of all, .................. bought some cigarettes and put .................. in the pocket of .................. coat. Ugh! How dare ..................! .................. hate the smell of cigarettes! Next, .................. went into a dirty cafe. .................. looked in through the window and saw .................. was sitting down on one of the greasy chairs. Oh, no! Not only is .................. coat going to stink of fried food, but .................. is also going to have greasy marks on ..................! As .................. watched, .................. started to undo .................. coat and then took .................. off. . ................. waited until .................. had removed .................. and hung .................. up with some other coats on coat hooks in the corner. .................. decided .................. would be a good idea to wait until .................. wasn't looking, then .................. could quickly run in and take the coat. .................. turned away for a few minutes to blow .................. nose and when .................. looked back, the coat had gone. Racing into the cafe, .................. looked about .................. and noticed an old tramp limping out of another door with .................. coat on .................. shoulders. .................. desperately shouted, "Stop! Thief!" Mary looked up in surprise. "Quick Mary, " .................. yelled, "That tramp has walked off with .................. coat!" "No, .................. hasn't," she replied. ".................. looked so cold, poor thing, .................. told .................. .................. could have ..................."

"What! .................. gave .................. coat away!" "Of course not! Although .................. coats are similar, that was a green coat; .................. one is brown, so that one was definitely not ..................! Can't .................. get special glasses or tablets for .................. colour-blindness?"

PRONOUNS CHART Subject Pronoun I you he, she, it we you they Object Pronoun me you him, her, it us you them Possessive adjective my your his, her, its our your their Possessive Pronouns mine yours his, hers, its ours yours theirs

Subject pronouns replace nouns in the sentence. They are located in front of the main verb in a sentence, or
after the auxiliary verb in a question

a. He is here, but he is absent because she told him that he did not have to take it. b. Lee is here, but John is absent because the professor told John that John did not have to take the exam. Object pronouns replace object in the sentence. They go after the verb or after a preposition in sentences. He saw me. He spoke to me. After me, you can go Possessive adjectives show ownership. It answers the question "Whose?" and it is always followed by a noun. That is her book. It is not her book. Her book is over there.

Possessive pronouns are used alone. They do not have nouns after them. Possessive pronouns replace the
expression "belongs to."

That book belongs to me. That is my book. That book is mine Possessive Nouns Most nouns have a possessive form. The possessive form shows ownership or a relationship. It
replaces the word of or have. It answers the question "Whose?" A possessive noun has another noun after it, except when the possessed object is clear to the reader

The teachers have briefcases. = = The teachers' briefcases

My sister has a nice friend. = = My sister's friend is nice.

POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS Add the correct possessive pronoun: It belongs to me, it's ___________ It belongs to my father, it's ___________ It belongs to her, it's ___________ It belongs to Mr. and Mrs. Smith, it's ___________ It belongs to me and my wife, it's ___________ It belongs to my mother, it's __ It belongs to him, it's ___________ It belongs to you, it's ___________ It belongs to the dog, it's ___________ It belongs to them, it's ___________ Fill in the blanks with the correct possessive adjective or pronoun, using the word in parentheses ( ) to help you. 1. Is this ___________ book? (your/yours) 2. Give Maria ___________ umbrella. (her/hers) 3. No, it's not your turn to answer, it's ___________ . (our/ours) 4. No, that's not __________ car. ___________ is a convertible. (my/mine) 5. Excuse me. Is this ___________ classroom. (our/ours) 6. The cat is cold. ___________ fur is wet. (his/hers/its) 7. We didn't bring any drinks to the party. Can we drink ____________ ? (your/yours) 8. Jim brought ___________ coat. But he is hot and doesn't need it. You can use ___________. (his/his)

Complete the sentences below using the correct possessive from of the word in parentheses. 1. This is ____________ book. (he) 2. We must go now. ____________ time is up. (we) 3. That sweater is _____________. (Karen) 4. This sweater is not ____________ . (I) It's ____________ . (you) 5. This tennis court is not ___________ because we did not reserve it. (we) 6. This tennis court must be ____________ . (they) 7. That is not ____________ pen. (I) It is _____________ . (he)
MAKE THE RIGHT POSSESSIVE S S Irene has a house. Those cats have a toy mouse Tom and Sue have a car Henry and Judy both have cars the cars of my sister The teacher has a problem the screen of that computer Henry has two brothers The child has three dogs the exams of that teacher the books of that student the eraser on the pencil