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Exercise 3: Possessive Pronouns by paraphrasing each sentence using the example as a guide.
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🔍 Example Breakdown:
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Original: This is their umbrella.
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Paraphrased: The umbrella is theirs.
✔ What happened?
- The object (“umbrella”) is moved to the subject position.
- “This is” is replaced with “[Object] is...”
- The possessive adjective (“their”) becomes the possessive pronoun (“theirs”).
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Now let’s apply this to all 9 sentences:
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✔ Answers:
1. This is our school.
→
The school is ours.
2. This is my phone.
→
The phone is mine.
3. This is his car.
→
The car is his.
4. This is your watch.
→
The watch is yours.
5. This is their house.
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The house is theirs.
6. This is her dress.
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The dress is hers.
7. This is my book.
→
The book is mine.
8. This is our bus.
→
The bus is ours.
9. This is her decision.
→
The decision is hers.
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📝 Key Grammar Tip:
You’re converting
possessive adjectives (my, your, his, her, its, our, their) into
possessive pronouns (mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs) — and rearranging the sentence so the *thing* being owned becomes the subject.
> 💡 Note: “His” and “its” are the same in both adjective and pronoun form.
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Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of possessive pronouns worksheet pdf.
