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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