Fill in the blanks with an appropriate possessive form.
1I saw that boyfriend ............... yesterday.
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Use the double possessive "of Alice's" after the noun phrase "that boyfriend."
2She is a close friend ...............
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Use the double possessive "of John's" after "a close friend."
3That bag must be ...............
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The possessive pronoun "hers" can stand alone after the verb.
4The dog is happy because ............... breakfast.
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Use "it's just had its" because "it's" means "it has" and "its" shows possession.
5............... has just invited me to her party.
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Use the double possessive "A friend of mine" after the article "A."
6How is that ............... doing?
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Use the double possessive "brother of yours" after "that."
7Other people's lives always seem more exciting than ...............
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The phrase "one's own" means a person's own life in this comparison.
8Did you like this new idea ...............?
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Use the double possessive "of the minister's" after "this new idea."
9That artist is a ...............
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Use the double possessive "friend of mine" after the article "a."
10That ............... has drunk all the milk.
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Use the double possessive "cat of yours" after "that."
11It is easy to lose ............... temper when one is criticized.
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Use the possessive determiner "one's" before the noun "temper."
12The teacher asked the students to submit their ...............
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The plural noun "assignments" matches the plural meaning of "students"; no apostrophe is needed because nothing is possessed by the assignments.
Answers
- I saw that boyfriend of Alice’s yesterday.
- She is a close friend of John’s.
- That bag must be hers.
- The dog is happy because it’s just had its breakfast.
- A friend of mine has just invited me to her party.
- How is that brother of yours doing?
- Other people’s lives always seem more exciting than one’s own.
- Did you like this new idea of the minister’s?
- That artist is a friend of mine.
- That cat of yours has drunk all the milk.
- It is easy to lose one’s temper when one is criticized.
- The teacher asked the students to submit their assignments.