5024 possessive adjectives with the verb to be

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
the correct answer.
1)

He is __________ brother.
a. you
b. your
2) Those are __________ bananas.
a. they
b. their
3) She is __________ new teacher.
a. I
b. my
4) Mr Lemon’s __________ father.
a. our
b. we
5) These people are __________ friends.
a. he
b. his

6) Where is __________ book?
a. my
b. I
7) Fluffy is __________ small cat.
a. she
b. her
8) This is __________ yellow ball.
a. it
b. its
9) That is __________ table.
a. their
b. they
10) They are __________ children.
a.
we
b. our

Task 3 - Rewrite the sentences using
the appropriate possessive adjective.
Look at the example.
e.g.: This is Roy’s watch.
watch.

This is his

1) This is Peter’s book.
___________________________
2) This is the dog’s house.
___________________________
3) These are Albert and Kate’s books.

___________________________
4) That is the Smiths’ red car.
___________________________
5) That is Mary’s white box.
___________________________
6) This is the teachers’ room.
___________________________
7) This is Ben’s school.
___________________________
8) These are the children’s toys.
___________________________
9) Kate is Penny’s old friend.
___________________________
10) Mark is Tony’s cousin.
__________________________


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.
___________________________________
3) here / apple / is / your.
___________________________________
4) is / today / birthday / his.
___________________________________
5) small / windows / are / its.
___________________________________
6) my / this / umbrella / big / is.
___________________________________
7) there / black / your / is / pencil.
___________________________________

8) are / my / these / friends / children.
___________________________________
9) new / there / their / are / bags.
___________________________________
10) boxes / aren’t / our / those / old.
___________________________________

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
b

2
b

3
b

4
a

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.

5
b

6
a

7
b

8
b

9
a

10
b


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)