Possessives exercises and Demonstrative pronouns

Possessives exercise 

The possessive has two forms:

The forms my, your, our, his, her and their are called possessive adjectives. They go before nouns.

The forms mine, yours, ours, his, hers and theirs are called possessive pronouns. They can stand alone.

Complete the following sentences using the appropriate form of the possessive.

1. This is my car. Where is ………………………? (your / yours)

2. This piece of land is……………………. (my / mine). Have you got any land of ……………………. own? (your / yours)

3. ……………………. car (my / mine) is quite fast. What about ……………………. (your / yours)?

4. This is …………………. ticket (my / mine). Could you show me ……………………….. (your / yours)?

5. My hair is black. …………………. (her / hers) is gray.

6. ……………………. (our / ours) daughter is prettier than ……………………. (their / theirs)

7. …………………… (her / hers) new car is faster than …………………….. (my / mine)

Answers

1. Where is yours?

2. This piece of land is mine. Have you got any land of your own?

3. My car is quite fast. What about yours?

4. This is my ticket. Could you show me yours?

5. My hair is black. Hers is gray.

6. Our daughter is prettier than theirs.

7. Her new car is faster than mine.

Demonstrative pronouns

Study the following sentences.

§  This is a gift from my brother.

§  Both watches are good; but this is better than that.

§  My views are in accordance with those of the Chairman.

§  These are mere excuses.

§  That is the Red Fort.

§  Mumbai mangoes are better than those of Bangalore.

You will have noticed that the pronouns in bold text are used to point out the objects to which they refer. They are, therefore, calleddemonstrative pronouns. There are four demonstrative pronouns in English: this, that, these and those.

Note that this and that are used with singular nouns. These and thoseare used with plural nouns.

This and these refer to object/objects close at hand. That and thoserefer to what is ‘over there’.

§  This is better than that.

Demonstrative adjectives

This, that, these and those are demonstrative adjectives when they are used with nouns.

§  That book is mine.

§  What is that noise?

§  These flowers are very beautiful.

§  Those days were the best.

§  This horse is faster than that horse.

Special uses

That and those are often used to avoid the repetition of a preceding noun.

§  The streets of Mumbai are busier than those of Paris. (= The streets of Mumbai are busier than the streets of Paris.)

Here the demonstrative those is used to avoid the repetition of ‘the streets’

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