Question

B. Fill in the blank with the proper possessive pronoun:

mine, ours, his, hers, yours, its, theirs

1. I paid for my scarf, so it is _______________.

2. Pick any of these desserts. The choice is _______________.

3. The math book belongs to Ralph. It is _______________.

4. All my brothers love video games. Playing them is a favorite pastime of

______________.

5. We bought this game together, so it is _______________.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1) mine

2) yours

3) his

4) theirs

5) ours

Answer 2

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1. I paid for my scarf, so it is $\sf \underline\purple {{mine}}.$

2. Pick any of these desserts. The choice is $\sf \underline\purple {{yours}}.$

3. The math book belongs to Ralph. It is $\sf \underline \purple { {his} }.$

4. All my brothers love video games. Playing them is a favorite pastime of $\sf \underline \purple {{theirs} }.$

5. We bought this game together, so it is $\sf \underline \purple {{ours }}.$

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• Here, ‎the given question is about Pronouns. And one of its kind is mainly focused here, i.e, "Possessive Pronouns". We know that pronouns are the substitute words for a noun or for a noun phrase. Then, what are possessive pronouns? This kind of pronouns are used to indicate the relation- to whom/which does a thing belongs to.

$\footnotesize\begin{gathered} \begin{array}{c|c} {\tt{ \pmb{ \: \qquad Noun \: / noun \qquad \: }}} & {\tt{ \pmb{ \: \qquad Possessive \qquad \: }}} \\ \underline{\tt{ \pmb{ \qquad phrase \qquad}}}& \underline{\tt{ \pmb{ \qquad pronoun \qquad}}} \\ \sf{I }& \sf{My} \\ \sf{You} & \sf{Your }\\ \sf{He }& \sf{His} \\ \sf{She} & \sf{Her} \\ \sf{It} & \sf{Its} \\ \sf{We}& \sf{Our} \\ \sf{They} & \sf{Their}\end{array}\end{gathered}$

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• In the first question, the possessive pronoun is to be inserted for the pronoun "my" (mine), so mine has been filled.In second question also, "Yours " has been inserted. In third one, "His" is inserted for "Ralph" $\rightarrow$ "His". The pronoun "Theirs" has been inserted in the fourth question as "All my brothers" denotes "Theirs". For the fifth question, In third one, "We" is inserted for "Ours"

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