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 big.

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'His' is correct because Tom is male, so the possessive adjective for a male person is 'his'. 'Her' is used for female subjects, 'its' is used for non-human subjects, and 'their' is used for plural subjects.
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Question 2: I have a new bag. I love ___ bag.

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'My' is correct because the speaker is referring to something that belongs to themselves. 'Your' refers to the listener, 'her' refers to a female third person, and 'our' refers to a group.
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Question 3: Possessive adjectives always come before a noun.

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True because possessive adjectives (my, your, his, her, its, our, their) are used before nouns to show ownership or a relationship. They do not stand alone in place of a noun.
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Question 4: When do we use the possessive adjective 'our'?

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'Our' is the correct possessive adjective to show that something belongs to a group that includes the speaker. 'My' is only for the speaker alone, 'your' is for the listener, and 'their' is for a group not including the speaker.
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Question 5: Arrange the words to make a correct sentence:

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  • cat
  • She
  • loves
  • her
  • new

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The correct order is 'She loves her new cat' because the possessive adjective 'her' must come directly before the noun 'cat', and adjectives follow the possessive adjective in the noun phrase.
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Question 6: Which sentence is grammatically correct?

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'Their house is very clean' is correct because 'their' is the possessive adjective for a plural group. 'They house' uses a subject pronoun instead of a possessive adjective. 'Them house' uses an object pronoun. 'They're house' uses a contraction of 'they are', not a possessive adjective.
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Question 7: A: Where is Anna? B: ___ bag is here, but I can't find her.

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'Her' is correct because Anna is female, so we use the possessive adjective 'her' to show the bag belongs to her. 'His' is for males, 'its' is for non-human things, and 'my' refers to the speaker.
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Question 8: Which sentence correctly uses a possessive adjective (not a contraction)?

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'The cat hurt its leg' is correct because 'its' (no apostrophe) is the possessive adjective for non-human subjects. 'It's' is a contraction of 'it is' or 'it has', not a possessive adjective.
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Question 9: Put the words in the correct order:

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  • small
  • our
  • garden
  • We
  • love

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The correct order is 'We love our small garden' because the possessive adjective 'our' must directly precede the adjective and noun it modifies.
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Question 10: Paul and I have a car. ___ car is blue.

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'Our' is correct because 'Paul and I' refers to a group that includes the speaker, so the possessive adjective 'our' is used. 'My' is only for the speaker alone, 'their' excludes the speaker, and 'your' refers to the listener.
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Question 11: Which statement about possessive adjectives is true?

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Possessive adjectives change based on the possessor (the owner), not on the noun they describe. For example, 'his book' and 'his books' both use 'his' regardless of whether the noun is singular or plural.
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Question 12: Rewrite using a possessive adjective: 'The book belongs to her.' → ___ book is on the table.

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'Her' is correct because the book belongs to a female person ('her'), so the possessive adjective 'her' replaces the phrase 'belongs to her' before the noun. 'She' is a subject pronoun, 'hers' is a possessive pronoun used without a noun, and 'him' is an object pronoun.
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Question 13: Match each sentence to the correct grammar label.

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I left my phone at home.
Is this your jacket?
Mark forgot his keys.
The students finished their homework.
Second person possessive adjective
Third person singular male possessive adjective
Third person plural possessive adjective
First person singular possessive adjective

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

Possessive adjectives change depending on the possessor: 'my' for first person singular, 'your' for second person, 'his' for third person male, and 'their' for third person plural.
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Question 14: The possessive adjective 'its' requires an apostrophe to show ownership, just like a noun (e.g., 'the dog's tail').

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False because 'its' (without apostrophe) is the correct possessive adjective for non-human subjects. 'It's' (with apostrophe) is a contraction of 'it is' or 'it has'. Unlike nouns, possessive adjectives never use an apostrophe.
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Question 15: Which sentence uses the possessive adjective to show ownership, NOT a contraction?

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'Your coat is on the chair' correctly uses 'your' as a possessive adjective before the noun 'coat'. 'You're coat' incorrectly uses the contraction 'you're' (you are) in place of the possessive adjective 'your'.