Possessive adjectives with the verb to be

Task 1 - Fill in the chart with the suitable possessive adjectives.

Subject personal pronoun Possessive adjective
I
you
he
she
it
we
you
they

Task 2 - Which is correct? Underline Task 3 - Rewrite the sentences using

the correct answer. the appropriate possessive adjective.
1) He is __________ brother. Look at the example.
a. you
b. your
e.g.: This is Roy’s watch. This is his
2) Those are __________ bananas.
a. they
watch.
b. their
3) She is __________ new teacher. 1) This is Peter’s book.
a. I ___________________________
b. my 2) This is the dog’s house.
4) Mr Lemon’s __________ father. ___________________________
a. our
3) These are Albert and Kate’s books.
b. we
___________________________
5) These people are __________ friends.
a. he 4) That is the Smiths’ red car.
b. his ___________________________
6) Where is __________ book? 5) That is Mary’s white box.
a. my ___________________________
b. I
6) This is the teachers’ room.
7) Fluffy is __________ small cat.
___________________________
a. she
b. her 7) This is Ben’s school.
8) This is __________ yellow ball. ___________________________
a. it 8) These are the children’s toys.
b. its ___________________________
9) That is __________ table. 9) Kate is Penny’s old friend.
a. their
___________________________
b. they
10) Mark is Tony’s cousin.
10) They are __________ children.
a. we __________________________
b. our
Task 4 - Write the correct possessive adjectives on the lines according to the given
information in the brackets. Look at the example.
e.g.: This is __________ (Roy) watch. This is his watch.
1) That is __________ (Tom and you) blue car.
2) These are __________ (Eve and I) dogs.
3) Today is __________ (I) birthday.
4) She is __________ (you) best friend.
5) Mr Taylor is __________ (we) teacher.
6) What’s __________ (you) name?
7) __________ (I) name is Gina.
8) This is __________ (the children) room.
9) I am __________ (Mary) sister.
10) She is __________ (Kim and Tom) mother.

Task 5 - Write sentences (two where is possible) using the relations below. Give
names to the people. Look at the example:
e.g.: This is Mary’s book. This is her book.

1) ______________________________________________________

2) ______________________________________________________

3) ______________________________________________________

4) ______________________________________________________

5) ______________________________________________________

6) ______________________________________________________
Task 6 - Here you can see mixed sentences. Write down the correct
sentences.
1) is / photo / that / our.
___________________________________
2) are / eyes / blue / her.
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3) here / apple / is / your.
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4) is / today / birthday / his.
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5) small / windows / are / its.
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6) my / this / umbrella / big / is.
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7) there / black / your / is / pencil.
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8) are / my / these / friends / children.
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9) new / there / their / are / bags.
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10) boxes / aren’t / our / those / old.
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Task 7 - Correct the mistakes in the following sentences. There can be

correct sentences. Put a tick ( ) after the correct sentence.
1) My father is Peter’s brother. _________________________
2) I am you friend. ___________________________________
3) You is his teacher. _________________________________
4) Terry is our new cat. _______________________________
5) It’s hair is black. __________________________________
6) His neck is long. ___________________________________
7) They’re his old book. ________________________________
8) We’re house is big. _________________________________
9) My box is brawn and yellow. ___________________________
10) Tim is at his home. _________________________________
 Solution
Task 1
Subject personal pronoun Possessive adjective
I my
you your
he his
she her
it its
we our
you your
they their

Task 2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
b b b a b a b b a b

Task 3
1) This is his book.
2) This is its house.
3) These are their books.
4) That is their red car.
5) That is her white box.
6) This is their room.
7) This is his school.
8) These are their toys.
9) Kate is her old friend.
10)Mark is his cousin.

Task 4
1) That is your blue car.
2) These are our dogs.
3) Today is my birthday.
4) She is your best friend.
5) Mr Taylor is our teacher.
6) What’s your name?
7) My name is Gina.
8) This is their room.
9) I am her sister.
10)She is their mother.

Task 5
1) This is Tom’s pencil. This is his pencil.
2) This is Ms Brown’s car. This is her car.
3) This is my ruler.
4) This is our bag.
5) This is Peter and Sam’s ball. This is their ball.
6) This is Sarah’s apple. This is her apple.

Task 6
1) That is our photo.
2) Her eyes are blue.
3) Here is your apple. / Your apple is here.
4) Today is his birthday. / His birthday is today.
5) Its windows are small.
6) This is my big umbrella.
7) There is your black pencil.
8) These children are my friends. / My friends are these children.
9) There are their new bags.
10)Those aren’t our old boxes.

Task 7
1)
2) your
3) are
4)
5) Its
6)
7) books
8) Our
9) brown
10)