Students practice distinguishing between possessive adjectives and pronouns by circling the correct word in each sentence.

Let's solve each sentence by choosing the correct word between the options provided. We need to decide whether to use a possessive adjective (like *your, my, our, her*) or a possessive pronoun (like *yours, mine, ours, hers*).

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7. Is this (your, yours) bag?

- "Your" is a possessive adjective (used before a noun).
- "Yours" is a possessive pronoun (used alone, replacing a noun).
- Here, "bag" is the noun that follows, so we need a possessive adjective.

✔ Answer: your
👉 *Is this your bag?*

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8. You can't have (my, mine) drink.

- "Drink" is the noun here.
- We need a possessive adjective to modify "drink".
- "My" goes before the noun; "mine" stands alone.

✔ Answer: my
👉 *You can't have my drink.*

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9. It is (our, ours) turn.

- "Turn" is the noun.
- But notice: "It is ___ turn" — we're saying "It is our turn."
- "Our" is the possessive adjective modifying "turn".
- "Ours" would be used without a noun (e.g., "This is ours").

✔ Answer: our
👉 *It is our turn.*

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10. Look at (her, hers) pretty purse.

- "Purse" is the noun.
- We need a possessive adjective to describe it.
- "Her" is the possessive adjective (before noun); "hers" is the pronoun (used alone).

✔ Answer: her
👉 *Look at her pretty purse.*

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11. This lunch is (my, mine).

- No noun follows after the blank.
- So we need a possessive pronoun to stand alone.
- "Mine" means "my lunch".

✔ Answer: mine
👉 *This lunch is mine.*

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12. Are you sure this is (your, yours)?

- No noun follows the blank.
- So we need a possessive pronoun.
- "Yours" = "your [thing]".

✔ Answer: yours
👉 *Are you sure this is yours?*

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13. Do you know (who, whose) jacket this is?

- We are asking about ownership.
- "Who" asks for a person’s name.
- "Whose" asks for possession (ownership).
- Since we’re asking “whose jacket”, we need whose.

✔ Answer: whose
👉 *Do you know whose jacket this is?*

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✔ Final Answers:

7. your
8. my
9. our
10. her
11. mine
12. yours
13. whose

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🔍 Summary Rule:

- Use possessive adjectives (*your, my, our, her, his, its, their*) before nouns.
- Use possessive pronouns (*yours, mine, ours, hers, his, theirs*) alone, when no noun follows.
- Use whose to ask about ownership.

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