Question

[Nguyễn Đức Trí]

I. There is one mistake in each sentence below. Find and correct it.
1. He is my friend but not her.
2. Do you like those pants? – Of course I like it.
3. Their is the big blue house over there but they are on holiday now.
4. Is the luxurious car your? – No, look at the girl on the red dress. It’s she.
5. Working is I favourite pastime.
6. George, Pam and Malisa are all my friends but each of they has a different character.
7. Mary and Rosy are in the class. Go and talk to their.
8. Jacky and Ross often boast about theirs success. I really hate someone who just talk about his.
9. Our house is very far from my school.
10. I don’t like my house, I like their.
11. He is the father of mine.
12. She tells me all her stories but I never tell her mine stories.
13. Her is the short pencil and his is the longer one.
II. Put in the correct possessives.
1. Peter says …………. father is ill. 5. My students have got ……… exam next week.
2. We’re taking …………… holiday in June. 6. John writes to ………. friend everyday.
3. …………….. cat is that outside the door? 7. Ann lives with …………. father in Portugal.
4. I’m going to sell ……………….. motorbike. 8. Please put ………… coats upstairs.
III. Rewrite the sentences as in the given example.
E.g: That’s my newspaper -> That newspaper is mine.
1. I prefer our house to their house
-> I prefer our house ……………………………………………
2. Her hair looks better than your hair.
-> Her hair …………….………………………………………….
3. That dog looks like our dog.
-> That dog …………..……………………………………………
4. His books are more interesting than our books.
-> His books ..……………………………………………………..
5. I can finish my duties but he can’t finish his duties.
-> I can finish my duties …………………………………………
IV. Supply the missing possessive adjectives or possessive pronouns.
1. What a beautiful girl! What’s ………………….. name?
2. This is your towel. It’s yellow. And this belongs to Jack. ……………. is blue.
3. This car isn’t …………….. . My car has a different registration number.
4. “Shall we have ……………. supper on a tray and watch TV?” My wife asked.
5. That umbrella doesn’t belong to you. …………….. is the one with the leather handle.
6. John’s son wants to be an actor and …………… daughter wants to be an actress.
V. Circle the best option.
1. My telephone is out of order, but ________ is working.
A. your B. our C. his D. their
2. These grammar books are different. ________ has 278 pages, but ________ has only 275.
A. Yours, mine B. Your, my C. Yours, my D. Your, mine
3. Junko has eaten her lunch already, but I'm saving ________ until later.
A. hers B. her C. my D. mine
4. You can't have any chocolate! It's ________!
A. your B. its C. her D. mine
5. We gave them ________ telephone number, and they gave us ________.
A. ours, their B. our, their C. ours, theirs D. our, theirs
6. ________ computer is a Mac, but ________ is a PC.
A. Your, mine B. Yours, mine C. Your, my D. Yours, my
7. ________ pencil is broken. Can I borrow ________?
A. Mine, yours B. Your, mine C. My, yours D. Yours, mine
8. Was ________ grammar book expensive?
A. your B. yours C. your's D. you
9. Jody has lost ________ book.
A. mine B. her C. hers D. theirs
10. This bird has broken ________ wing.
A. it's B. its' C. hers D. its
VII. Circle the best answer.
1. What is (you/ your) name? (I/My) name is Xuan.
2. Is (her/she) name Mai?
3. (His/He) is a doctor. (His/He) name is Lam.
4. (Their/They) are students. (Their/They) names are Hoa and Mai.
5. Lan is here. This is (her/she) book.
6. Are these (your/ you) books?-Yes, (they/their) are (I/ My) books.
7. What’s (he/his) name? (He/His) name is Minh.
8. There are five people in (they/their) house.
9. (We/ our) are not in (our/we) house. (We/Our) are in (his/he) house.
10. (I/My) father is a doctor. (His/He) is forty-five.