Вправа 12. Choose the correct form of the possessive pronouns (Conjoint / Absolute). Обведітm правильний варіант вживання присвійного займенника. 1. Whose coat is this? — It must be / mine.
2. I’d like you to meet a friend of my / mine.
3. Our / Ours house cottage is much smaller than their / theirs.
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5. I borrow your / yours bike? My / Mine is broken.
6. That’s not jane’s husband. Her / Hers is a handsome tall man.
7. We shouldn’t dream of wasting your / yours time, so don’t waste our / ours.
To choose the correct form of the possessive pronoun in this case, we need to determine whose coat it is. Since the speaker is referring to the coat as belonging to themselves, the correct form is "mine."
2. I’d like you to meet a friend of mine.
Here, the speaker is referring to a friend that they possess. Since the possession is before the noun "friend," the correct form is "of mine."
3. Our house cottage is much smaller than theirs.
In this sentence, the speaker is comparing their cottage to another person's cottage. Since the comparison is after the noun "cottage," the correct form is "theirs."
4. (No specific answer option provided)
5. Can I borrow your bike? My/mine is broken.
The speaker wants to borrow a bike because their bike is broken. Since the possession is emphasized before the noun "bike," the correct form is "my." However, if the speaker wants to emphasize the possession without the noun, the correct form is "mine." Both "my" and "mine" are acceptable answers based on the context.
6. That’s not Jane’s husband. Her/hers is a handsome tall man.
In this sentence, the speaker is comparing Jane's husband to another man. Since the comparison is after the noun "man," the correct form is "hers."
7. We shouldn’t dream of wasting your time, so don’t waste ours.
Here, the speaker is talking about their own time in comparison to the other person's time. Since the comparison is after the noun "time," the correct form is "ours."
Note: The correct answer for sentence 4 is not provided. To determine the correct form of the possessive pronoun in that sentence, the context or specific options would need to be provided.