Ownership Words: Identifying Possessive Determiners in Sentences Quiz

His is the possessive determiner modifying the noun 'coat.'

Her is the possessive determiner modifying the noun 'cat.'

Your is the possessive determiner modifying the noun 'watch' across the adjectives.

This is false. Possessive determiners always require a noun (or noun phrase) to follow; if they stand alone, they are possessive pronouns (e.g., mine, yours).

Their is the possessive determiner modifying the noun 'garden.'

My is the possessive determiner that shows who owns the color.

Its is the possessive determiner modifying the noun 'babies.'

Your is the possessive determiner modifying the noun 'book.'

Our is the possessive determiner modifying the noun 'friend.'

Our is the possessive determiner modifying the noun 'house.'

Their is correctly used as the possessive determiner modifying 'team.'

This is false. 'It's' is a contraction for it is, not the possessive determiner its.

This is false. 'The' is an article (a general determiner), not a possessive determiner. Its is the possessive determiner.

His is the possessive determiner modifying the noun 'jacket.' (A, B use pronouns; D uses a possessive pronoun).

My is the possessive determiner modifying the noun 'phone.' Yours is a possessive pronoun.

My, its, and his all precede and modify a noun. Yours is a possessive pronoun.

This is false. A possessive determiner comes before the noun phrase, but adjectives may appear between the determiner and the noun (e.g., my new car).

Their and its are possessive determiners. 'Me' is an objective pronoun; 'hers' is a possessive pronoun.

His, Your, and Their all precede and modify a noun. Hers is a possessive pronoun, not a determiner.

Mine is a possessive pronoun, and him is an object pronoun. Her can function as a possessive determiner (e.g., her book), so it is not included.