Homework

Choose whether each sentence requires a possessive adjective or a possessive pronoun: EX: That car is not his. It's mine. (possessive pronoun) OR That's my car. (possessive adjective) 1. She's not his friend, she's (my friend). 2. Robert didn't drink his own coffee. He drank (her coffee). 3. That is one of (her) friends. 4. His neighborhood is safe, while (my) neighborhood isn't. 5. His neighborhood is safe, while (mine) isn't. 6. Did (your) mother call? 7. I don't know (them) very well. 8. I don't know (their) daughter very well. 9. I talked to (my) grandmother for three hours last night. 10. I think I got my notes mixed up with (yours).

Happy Monday! How was your weekend? Tell me about it later during our class, okay? Well, below are the corrections of your homework. You almost got a perfect score; except that you somehow over analyzed the 1st 2 sentences. You don\'t have to add more words to end the sentences because the options imply that the word you will be choosing will be the last word in the sentence.   Just check some tips provided below.   ***Possessive Pronouns*** We use possessive pronouns to refer to a specific person/people or thing/things (the \"antecedent\") belonging to a person/people (and sometimes belonging to an animal/animals or thing/things). We use possessive pronouns depending on: number: singular (eg: mine) or plural (eg: ours) person: 1st person (eg: mine), 2nd person (eg: yours) or 3rd person (eg: his) gender: male (his), female (hers) Below are the possessive pronouns, followed by some example sentences. Notice that each possessive pronoun can: be subject or object refer to a singular or plural antecedent number person gender (of \"owner\") possessive pronouns singular 1st male/ female mine 2nd male/ female yours 3rd male his female hers plural 1st male/ female ours 2nd male/ female yours 3rd male/ female/ neuter theirs Look at these pictures. Mine is the big one. (subject = My picture) I like your flowers. Do you like mine? (object = my flowers) I looked everywhere for your key. I found John\'s key but I couldn\'t find yours. (object = your key) My flowers are dying. Yours are lovely. (subject = Your flowers) All the essays were good but his was the best. (subject = his essay) John found his passport but Mary couldn\'t find hers. (object = her passport) John found his clothes but Mary couldn\'t find hers. (object = her clothes) Here is your car. Ours is over there, where we left it. (subject = Our car) Your photos are good. Ours are terrible. (subject = Our photos) Each couple\'s books are colour-coded. Yours are red. (subject = Your books) I don\'t like this family\'s garden but I like yours. (object = your garden) These aren\'t John and Mary\'s children. Theirs have black hair. (subject = Their children) John and Mary don\'t like your car. Do you like theirs? (object = their car) I\'ll see you in class later. Bye.   ~~T. Jamie^^   1. She\'s not his friend, she\'s (my friend).>> She\'s not his friend, she\'s mine. Note: She\'s not his friend, she\'s _______________________ (my/mine).*** Always remember that there is only one word to finish the sentence. You don\'t have to add more words to it. Thus, the pronoun \'mine\' fits best to the statement. 2. Robert didn\'t drink his own coffee. He drank (her coffee).>> Robert didn\'t drink his own coffee. He drank hers. Note: Robert didn\'t drink his own coffee. He drank _______________________ (her/hers).*** Always remember that there is only one word to finish the sentence. You don\'t have to add more words to it. Thus, the pronoun \'hers\' fits best to the statement. 3. That is one of (her) friends.>> CORRECT4. His neighborhood is safe, while (my) neighborhood isn\'t.>> CORRECT5. His neighborhood is safe, while (mine) isn\'t.>> CORRECT6. Did (your) mother call?>> CORRECT7. I don\'t know (them) very well.>> CORRECT8. I don\'t know (their) daughter very well.>> CORRECT9. I talked to (my) grandmother for three hours last night.>> CORRECT10. I think I got my notes mixed up with (yours). >> CORRECT