Question

Complete the sentences with the correct possessive pronoun.

1. We bought that house last year. It is _______________.
2. This car belongs to Mr. and Mrs. Smith. It is _______________.
3. I think I saw John drop this pen. I think it is _______________.
4. This book is _______________. It has my name on it.
5. My brother and I made that chair. It’s _______________.
6. Excuse me. This phone is _______________. You forgot to take it with you.
7. Her sister drew the picture. It’s _______________.
8. The little boy shouted, “Give the ball to me! It’s _______________!”
9. That’s _______________. We bought it last night at the department store.
10. The bicycles were _______________, so they rode them home after school.
11. A: Are you sure this book belongs to your mother? B: Yes, it’s _______________.
12. This is _______________ - you ordered the pizza. I ordered the spaghetti.
13. A: Is this Robert’s? B: No, it’s not _______________.
14. I think these keys are _______________. I left them on the table.
15. Thomas can find his classroom, but Susan and Mary can’t find _______________.

Answer 1

Resposta:1. We bought that house last year. It is ours.

2. This car belongs to Mr. and Mrs. Smith. It is theirs .

3. I think I saw John drop this pen. I think it is his.

4. This book is  mine. It has my name on it.

5. My brother and I made that chair. It’s ours.

6. Excuse me. This phone is yours. You forgot to take it with you.

7. Her sister drew the picture. It’s hers.

8. The little boy shouted, “Give the ball to me! It’s his!”

9. That’s ours. We bought it last night at the department store.

10. The bicycles were theirs, so they rode them home after school.

11. A: Are you sure this book belongs to your mother? B: Yes, it’s hers

12. This is yours - you ordered the pizza. I ordered the spaghetti.

13. A: Is this Robert’s? B: No, it’s not his.

14. I think these keys are mine. I left them on the table.

15. Thomas can find his classroom, but Susan and Mary can’t find theirs.

Answer 2

Os possessive pronouns adequados para que se complete as sentenças, são: 1.ours; 2.theirs; 3.his; 4.mine; 5.ours; 6.yours; 7.hers; 8.mine; 9.ours; 10.theirs; 11.hers; 12.yours; 13.his; 14.mine; 15.theirs.

Para que se compreenda as opções para as lacunas, é necessário que se conheça um pouco mais dos pronomes possessivos.

Sobre o possessive pronouns:

• Substituem os substantivos ou frases nominais.
• É necessário atentar-se para não confundí-los com os possessive adjectives, que apenas acompanham os pronomes e frases nominais.
• A fim de facilitar a diferenciação, esses são os possessive adjectives de acordo com a pessoa verbal: I/my; You/your; He/his - She/her; It/its; We/our; You/your; They/their.
• Já estes são os possessive pronouns, tema do exercício, de acordo com a pessoa verbal: I/mine; You/yours; He/his - She/hers; It/its; We/ours; You/yours; They/theirs.
• Exemplo: a primeira sentença do exercício é, "We bought that house last year. It is ours (veja que o possessive pronoun ours, substitui o substantivo house. Assim, observa-se que é um possessive pronoun. Isso ocorre nas demais sentenças.

De acordo com os itens elencados, é possível que as lacunas sejam preenchidas desta forma:

1. We bought that house last year. It is ours.

2. This car belongs to Mr. and Mrs. Smith. It is theirs.

3. I think I saw John drop this pen. I think it is his.

4. This book is mine. It has my name on it.

5. My brother and I made that chair. It’s ours

6. Excuse me. This phone is yours. You forgot to take it with you.

7. Her sister drew the picture. It’s hers.

8. The little boy shouted, “Give the ball to me! It’s mine!”

9. That’s ours. We bought it last night at the department store.

10. The bicycles were theirs, so they rode them home after school.

11. A: Are you sure this book belongs to your mother? B: Yes, it’s hers.

12. This is yours - you ordered the pizza. I ordered the spaghetti.

13. A: Is this Robert’s? B: No, it’s not his.

14. I think these keys are mine. I left them on the table.

15. Thomas can find his classroom, but Susan and Mary can’t find theirs.

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