Possessive pronouns show who or what owns or possesses something My, mine, yours, her, hers, his, its, our, ours, their, and theirs are possessive pronouns • Use my, your, her, our, and their before nouns • Use mine, yours, hers, ours, and theirs alone • His and its can be used both before nouns and alone • Do not use an apostrophe with possessive pronouns Write the pronouns that correctly completes each sentence Ants use (theirs, their) antennae for touch and smell That nest under the tree is (theirs, their) An ant has two stomachs in (its, our) abdomen One stomach stores food for other ants to share, and another stomach holds (it’s, its) own food The queen is larger than the other ants, and (her, hers) body is an egg factory All the worker ants are sterile, so the egg laying task is (her, hers) A male ant lives apart from the colony and plays (his, theirs) part by mating with the queen My family and I sometimes get ants in (our, hers) house The house with purple trim is (my mine) 10 Don’t have (your, theirs) picnics next to an ant colony 11 This is (mine, my) cat that chases ants 12 The dog is (her, hers) 13 The dog hurt (its, it’s) paw 14 The barking dog is (their, theirs) 15 This ant farm is (our, ours) 16 Amy and I spent (our, mine) afternoon at the zoo 17 Amy’s favourite is the elephant Which is (your, yours)? 18 (Hers, My) favourite was the dolphins 19 A mother wolf nursed (hers, her) pup Write the possessive pronouns that possessive noun or noun phrase Use the our his theirs ours The hike was Tony and Dora’s idea Did you like Pablo’s and my movie? We all know about Zara’s birthday I would listen to Dad’s suggestions Look at the anteater’s snout The picture is Ed’s and mine The prize was Lisa’s The decision was the judges’ could replace the underlined pronoun only once hers their its her Replace the underlined words or phrases with possessive pronouns Rewrite the sentences Every living thing must adapt to every living thing’s surroundings Plants are even more affected by plants; surroundings than animals are Grandpa has a cactus garden in Arizona’s; the largest cactus in the neigbourhood is grandpa’s Because Arizona is a desert, Arizona’s climate is hot and dry Mary and I observed desert plants and animals on Mary’s and my vacation A cactus has few or no leaves, so the desert sun cannot evaporate all the cactus’s water Some desert plants tap water from the deep underground with the desert plant’s long roots The guide advised the hikers to take long canteens, but Dorie and Ed forgot Dorie’s and Ed’s ANSWER KEY Write the pronouns that correctly completes each sentence Ants use (theirs, their) antennae for touch and smell That nest under the tree is (theirs, their) An ant has two stomachs in (its, our) abdomen One stomach stores food for other ants to share, and another stomach holds (it’s, its) own food The queen is larger than the other ants, and (her, hers) body is an egg factory All the worker ants are sterile, so the egg laying task is (her, hers) A male ant lives apart from the colony and plays (his, theirs) part by mating with the queen My family and sometimes get ants in (our, hers) house The house with purple trim is (my mine) 10 Don’t have (your, theirs) picnics next to an ant colony 11 This is (mine, my) cat that chases ants 12 The dog is (her, hers) 13 The dog hurt (its, it’s) paw 14 The barking dog is (their, theirs) 15 This ant farm is (our, ours) 16 Amy and I spent (our, mine) afternoon at the zoo 17 Amy’s favourite is the elephant Which is (your, yours)? 18 (Hers, My) favourite was the dolphins 19 A mother wolf nursed (hers, her) pup The hike was Tony and Dora’s idea (their) Did you like Pablo’s and my movie? (our) We all know about Zara’s birthday (her) I would listen to Dad’s suggestions (his) Look at the anteater’s snout (its) The picture is Ed’s and mine (ours) The prize was Lisa’s (hers) The decision was the judges’ (theirs) Every living thing must adapt to every living thing’s surroundings Ans: their Plants are even more affected by plants; surroundings than animals are Ans: its Grandpa has a cactus garden in Arizona’s; the largest cactus in the neigbourhood is grandpa’s Ans: his Because Arizona is a desert, Arizona’s climate is hot and dry Ans: its Mary and I observed desert plants and animals on Mary’s and my vacation Ans: ours A cactus has few or no leaves, so the desert sun cannot evaporate all the cactus’s water Ans: its Some desert plants tap water from the deep underground with the desert plant’s long roots Ans: its The guide advised the hikers to take long canteens, but Dorie and Ed forgot Dorie’s and Ed’s Ans: theirs