POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES Possessive Adjectives are used to show possession and they are followed by nouns in sentences. e.g.

my school, your school, our teacher, their car, his friend, her pet, its tail. a) Those are her books b) They are my classmates. Using Your, My, His, Her, Our, Their Singular a) I have a book. My book is red. b) You have a book. Your book is red. c) She has a book. Her book is red. d) He has a book. His book is red. GRAMMAR EXERCISE 1 Complete the sentences. Use my, your, his, her, our or their. 1. I have a pen.______ pen is blue. 2. You have a pen.______ pen is black. 3. Mariam has a pen._____ pen is green. 4. Ahmad has a pen.______ pen is yellow. 5. Ismail and you have pens.______ pens are red. 6. Ismail and I have pens. ________pens are red. 7. Erra and Yusrie have pens. ________ pens are grey. 8. I have a sister. ______ sister is twenty- three years old. 9. My sister has a car. _________ car is Proton Putra. 10. You have a pen. ________ pen is a ballpoint. 11. Shukri Hashim and you have cars. _______ car are dark. 12. Fadhli and Zaiton have a baby. ________ baby is eight months old. 13. Faridah and I have notebooks. ___________ notebooks are green. 14. Ann has a brother. ________________ brother is in Universiti Malaya. 15. Jamali has a coat. __________ coat is brown. 16. Siti and Zamri __________ a daughter. ___________ daughter is ten years old. 17. Alan and I ________ a son. ____________ son is seven years old. 18. I __________ a brother. __________ brother is sixteen. 19. We ___________ grammer books. __________ grammer books are red. 20. Encik Hamid _____________ a car. ________ car is blue. Plural a) We have books. Our books are red. b) You have books. Your books are red. c) They have books. Their books are red.

GRAMMAR EXERCISE 2. A. Underline the correct words. 1. Ali has a parrot. It is ( his , her ) parrot. 2. The blue ribbons belong to Sally . They are ( his, her ) ribbons. 3. I bought a pen. ( Us, It ) colour is yellow. 4. Every Sunday my friends and I go fishing. We bring ( our, their) fishing rods. 5. The python is a snake. ( It, Its ) body is very long. 6. Insects have six legs. (Their, Its) legs are small. 7. The carpenter has a saw. (Their , His) saw is sharp. 8. I painted this picture. It is (my, our) picture. 9. The monkey is cute. (Its, Her) fur is brown is colour. 10. These tractors belong to the farmers. They are (our, their ) tractors. 11. I know that lady. (Her, His) son is my classmate. 12. We made this hut. It is (our, their) hut. 13. Turn off the top while you are brushing ( our, your) teeth or washing the dishes that water is not wasted. 14. I was late for school yesterday. ( My , Your ) bicycle had a puncture. 15. Can I borrow ( my, your ) ruler, please? B. Fill in the blanks with the correct words. Mr.Chen Kok Wah Mei Lin Mrs Chen Kok Wah Mei Lin Kok Wah : Were going to (1) _______________ ( ours, your, yours) uncles home in Kuching, children. : Great! It has been so long since weve last been to (2) ____________(his, hers, theirs) house. : Yes, dad. I would like to see uncle and aunt. (3) _______________(Our, Ours) last trip there was three years ago. : We dont want you to play the whole time you are there. : All right, mum. Ill bring (4) _____________ (my, our, mine) books along. : So will I. Uncle can teach us when were there. : You dont have to bring yours. Mei Lins cousin, Mai Guan is in the same year as you. You can read (5) _________ (her, hers , his ) books.

GRAMMAR EXERCISE 3. Fill in the blanks with the correct possessive. (my, your, his, her, our, their, its.) 1. Miss Irene has finished eating ___________________lunch. 2. The monkey is scratching_______________head. 3. We have never been to ________________ uncles house before. 4. Did Benny tell you ________________ secret? 5. Davina will take __________________ daughter to see the dentist. 6. James and Marcus are helping ______________ parents in the orchard. 7. Did you wash ________________ hands before you eat. 8. I have finished _______________ homework already. 9. The villagers shifted ____________________ things to higher ground when the water level rose. 10. We must respect _____________ teachers. 11. The shepherd lost _________________ sheep yesterday. 12. The dog ran into _________________ kennel. 13. The headmistress has finished giving ___________ speech. 14. The tiger is licking ___________ paw. 15 We are going to finish ___________ homework in half an hours time. 16. Did Jimmy invite you to ______________ wedding. 17. Karen is going to teach ___________ daughter to play the guitar. 18. Jenny and James are helping __________ parents to clear the rubbish. 19. Have you eaten ______________ supper yet? 20. I have taken __________ bath already.