Possessive Adjectives Grammar Exercises: Level A1-A2 (with Answers)

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Can you use Possessive Adjectives correctly in everyday English? These 15 practice questions for Level A1-A2 go beyond memorisation — they put grammar concepts into realistic sentences and situations. Detailed explanations help you understand not just the what, but the why.

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Question 1: Tom has a dog. ___ dog is very friendly.

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'His' is correct because Tom is male, so we use 'his' as the possessive adjective. 'Her' is used for females, 'its' is used for non-human things, and 'their' is used for groups.
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Question 2: I have a new bag. I love ___ new bag.

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'My' is correct because the speaker uses 'I', so the matching possessive adjective is 'my'. 'Your' refers to the listener, 'our' refers to a group, and 'their' refers to others.
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Question 3: Possessive adjectives always come before a noun.

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True. Possessive adjectives such as 'my', 'your', 'his', 'her', 'its', 'our', and 'their' always appear directly before the noun they modify to show ownership or relationship.
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Question 4: What does the word 'our' express in the sentence: 'We love our new house.'?

Question 4 options
'Our' expresses that the house belongs to a group that includes the speaker. It is a possessive adjective showing shared ownership among the speaker and others.
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Question 5: Arrange the words to make a correct sentence:

Question 5 options
  • She
  • cat
  • loves
  • little
  • her

Drag items or use arrows to arrange them in the correct order.

The correct order is 'She loves her little cat' because the possessive adjective 'her' must come directly before the noun 'cat', and the subject 'She' comes first.
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Question 6: Which sentence is correct?

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'Their car is new' is correct because 'their' is the possessive adjective for a group. 'They're car' confuses the contraction 'they are' with a possessive adjective. 'There car' uses a location word incorrectly. 'Theirs car' is a possessive pronoun and cannot precede a noun.
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Question 7: A student says: 'I forgot ___ homework at home. Can I bring it tomorrow?' What does the student say?

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'My' is correct because the student is talking about homework belonging to themselves. 'Your' refers to the listener's homework, 'our' implies shared homework, and 'their' refers to someone else's homework.
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Question 8: Which sentence correctly uses a possessive adjective (not a contraction)?

Question 8 options
'Its tail is long' correctly uses 'its' as a possessive adjective with no apostrophe. 'It's tail' incorrectly uses the contraction 'it is', making no sense. The other two options use contractions ('you're' = you are, 'they're' = they are) instead of possessive adjectives.
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Question 9: Put the words in the correct order:

Question 9 options
  • We
  • our
  • homework
  • always do

Drag items or use arrows to arrange them in the correct order.

The correct order is 'We always do our homework' because the possessive adjective 'our' must come directly before the noun 'homework', and 'always' is fixed between the subject and main verb.
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Question 10: Anna and Ben have two kids. ___ kids go to school near the park.

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'Their' is correct because it refers to a group of people (Anna and Ben) not including the speaker. 'His' is only for a single male, 'her' is only for a single female, and 'our' would include the speaker in the group.
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Question 11: Which statement about possessive adjectives is true?

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Possessive adjectives change form depending on the subject they refer to — for example, 'my' for I, 'his' for he, 'her' for she. They do not change based on the noun that follows them.
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Question 12: Rewrite using a possessive adjective: 'The cat belonging to us is on the sofa.' → ___ cat is on the sofa.

Question 12 options
'Our' is correct because 'belonging to us' refers to the speaker and a group, so we replace it with the possessive adjective 'our'. 'My' is only for the speaker alone, 'your' is for the listener, and 'their' excludes the speaker.
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Question 13: Match each sentence to the correct grammar label.

Question 13 options
I lost my phone at school.
Is your brother a teacher?
Paul loves his new job.
The students forgot their books.
Third person plural possessive adjective
First person singular possessive adjective
Second person possessive adjective
Third person singular male possessive adjective

Select an item on the left, then tap its match on the right.

Possessive adjectives match the subject they refer to: 'my' = first person singular, 'your' = second person, 'his' = third person singular male, 'their' = third person plural.
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Question 14: The possessive adjective 'its' requires an apostrophe when used to show that something belongs to an animal or object.

Question 14 options
False. When 'its' is used as a possessive adjective to show ownership, it never has an apostrophe. 'It's' with an apostrophe is only a contraction of 'it is' or 'it has', not a possessive form.
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Question 15: Which sentence uses a possessive adjective to show that one specific female owns the item?

Question 15 options
'Her coat is on the chair' uses 'her', the possessive adjective for a single female subject. 'Their' refers to a group, 'our' includes the speaker, and 'my' refers only to the speaker.