Possessive Pronouns
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Personal Pronouns
100

The explorers sailed their ship across the Pacific.

What is their?

100

Two deer led their young to the river.

What is deer?

100

Will the treasurer give the treasurer's report?

What is his/her?

100

The jaguar struck the rock and injured its front paw.

What is its and jaguar?

100

We want to bake cookies tonight.

What is we?

200

Bill left his homework on the bus.

What is his?

200

The champion skater always performed on his newest skates.

What is skater?

200

The rattlesnake kills the rattlesnake's victims with venom.

What is its?

200

The violinist said that he practices seven days a week.

What is he and violinist?

200

She was the best cheerleader on the squad.

What is she?

300

Martha, the bicycle is yours.

What is yours?

300

Bill left his homework on the bus.

What is Bill?

300

Baking cookies for the party is not a good idea. Baking cookies takes too much time.

What is It?

300

The bighorn sheep appeared, but they were frightened away by the airplane.

What is they and sheep?

300

Marley and Me is my favorite movie.

What is me and my?

400

When the astronaut landed his spaceship, the sun had already set.

What is his?

400

Martha, the bicycle is yours.

What is Martha?

400

If the boys arrive in time, the boys will do the work.

What is they?

400

As the steamboat rounded the bend, black smoke poured from its smokestack.

What is its and steamboat?

400

He and I both love swimming at the rec center. (2)

What is He and I?

500

A large sheepdog buries its bones behind the barn.

What is its?

500

Where are you going, Bob?

What is Bob?

500
Martha and I explained how she and I won the contest.

What is we?

500

The explorers chose their route through the mountains after some discussion.

What is their and explorers?

500

Where can we go now that it is closed? (2)

What is we and it?

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