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29 January, 03:27

Read each question and use the drop-down menu to choose the response that uses a possessive pronoun correctly.

Whose apple is that?

Why do you need a new algebra book?

Can Tasha and Sam borrow your car?

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  1. 29 January, 06:20
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    Read each question and use the drop-down menu to choose the response that uses a possessive pronoun correctly.

    Whose apple is that?

    - The apple is yours.

    - The apple is for you.

    - It's your apple

    Why do you need a new algebra book?

    - My is lost.

    - I lost mine.

    - I lost my book

    Can Tasha and Sam borrow your car?

    - They can have the car.

    - It is their car.

    - The car is theirs.

    Answer:

    Whose apple is that?

    The apple is mine.

    Why do you need a new algebra book?

    I lost mine.

    Can Tasha and Sam borrow your car?

    The car is theirs.

    Explanation:

    The correct responses for the above questions have been selected.

    In the first question, the owner of the apple is called into question and the proper possessive pronoun Mine is used to denote ownership.

    In the second question, the question is asked why the speaker needs a new algebra book and again, the correct possessive pronoun MIne is used to show ownership, " I lost mine".

    Likewise the last question where the question is asked if Tasha and Sam can borrow the speaker's car and this time there is a transfer of "ownership" so as to say and the correct reply is to use the possessive pronoun Theirs. "The car is theirs"
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