This isn't my seat. ____ is next to the window.
- A. Mine(correct answer)
- B. My
- C. Me
- D. I
Why: No noun follows the gap. Mine means my seat.
A212 questions · Elementary · Pronouns and Possessives
Possessive Pronouns Exercises with Answers
Is it my or mine, her or hers? Practise mine, yours, his, hers, ours and theirs, Whose questions and a friend of mine, with a reason for every answer.
12 questions
Sample questions with answers
Whose car is that? — It's ____.
- A. theirs(correct answer)
- B. their
- C. them
- D. they
Why: The sentence stops after the gap. Their car → theirs.
Kim is a good friend of ____.
- A. hers(correct answer)
- B. her
- C. she
- D. him
Why: After a friend of, use a possessive pronoun: a friend of mine, a friend of hers.
Lessons on this topic
- Possessive Pronouns
Possessive pronouns mine, yours, his, hers, ours and theirs: when they replace my or your, answering Whose questions, and a friend of mine.
