EXERCISE - PERSONAL PRONOUNS AND POSSESSIVES
Exercise: Personal pronouns, possessive
pronouns, and possessive adjectives.
Replace the underlined phrases with a personal pronoun, possessive
pronoun, or a possessive adjective.
Pretend you are X.
|
Ex. |
I
gave X's old jacket to John because it was too small for X.
my him me |
|
1. |
John is Mary's brother. |
|
2. |
Mr.
and Mrs. Smith
went to Florida for the winter. |
|
3. |
His
brother gave the cat to Stanley. |
|
4. |
The
man on the corner
tried to rob X. |
|
5. |
Those
books are Mary's. |
|
6. |
The
Titanic sank in
1912. |
|
7. |
"I
can't find X's dictionary." |
|
8. |
"I
can't find Susan's dictionary either". |
|
9. |
I gave
Susan X's coat, and she gave me Susan's coat. |
|
10. |
John
and X bought John
and X's shoes at that store. |
|
11. |
David called to tell you about the
job. |
|
12. |
The
coat X am wearing is not X's coat. |
|
13. |
I gave David
your telephone number but he lost the number. |
|
14. |
John
and X share an
apartment, but John and X's rent is too high. |
|
15. |
Can you
help John and X to find another apartment? |
|
16. |
X's mother says that the cake
recipe is not mother's recipe. |
|
17. |
Mother's recipe has walnuts and
maraschino cherries in it. |
|
18. |
Jane
and Paul don't
like Jane and Paul's new landlord. |
|
19. |
Really? Well the landlord doesn't like Jane
and Paul either. |
|
20. |
"Is
this your dictionary or Jane's dictionary?" |
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