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Practise mine, yours, hers, myself and themselves in 12-question rounds with instant explanations.","Possessive and Reflexive Pronouns Game","Choose mine or my, me or myself, and find the pronoun that fits.",{"questions_per_round":19,"lives":20,"seconds_per_question":21},12,3,15,[23,35,42,47,57,63,70,78,83,87,96,102,107,116,121,126,134,140,145,149,155,162,166,175,180,185,190,195,201,206,211,215,220,226,231,234,239,244,249,254,260,264,273,278,283,287,292,298],{"id":24,"difficulty":25,"format":26,"prompt":27,"answer":28,"rule":29,"tag":30,"options":31},"pr-001","easy","multiple-choice","That is not my bag. It is ___. (your bag)","yours","Yours takes the place of your bag, so there is no noun after it.","possessive-pronouns",[28,32,33,34],"your","you","yourself",{"id":36,"difficulty":25,"format":37,"prompt":38,"answer":39,"rule":41,"tag":30},"pr-002","gap-fill","My bag is blue. ___ is red. (your bag)",[28,40],"Yours","Yours means your bag. We do not say the noun again.",{"id":43,"difficulty":25,"format":44,"prompt":45,"answer":8,"rule":46,"tag":30},"pr-003","right-or-wrong","This book is mine.","Mine takes the place of my book.",{"id":48,"difficulty":25,"format":26,"prompt":49,"answer":50,"rule":51,"tag":52,"options":53},"pr-004","I cut ___ with a knife.","myself","The subject and the object are the same person, so use myself.","reflexive-pronouns",[50,54,55,56],"me","mine","my",{"id":58,"difficulty":25,"format":37,"prompt":59,"answer":60,"rule":62,"tag":52},"pr-005","We enjoyed ___ at the party. (we)",[61],"ourselves","Enjoy takes a reflexive pronoun when it means have a good time: ourselves.",{"id":64,"difficulty":25,"format":44,"prompt":65,"answer":66,"rule":67,"tag":68,"correction":69},"pr-006","This is mine book.",false,"Before a noun we use my. We use mine alone.","my-vs-mine","This is my book.",{"id":71,"difficulty":25,"format":26,"prompt":72,"answer":73,"rule":74,"tag":30,"options":75},"pr-007","That house is ___. We live in it. (our house)","ours","Ours takes the place of our house.",[73,76,77,61],"our","us",{"id":79,"difficulty":25,"format":37,"prompt":80,"answer":81,"rule":82,"tag":30},"pr-008","Is that your phone? No, it isn't ___. (I)",[55],"The possessive pronoun of I is mine.",{"id":84,"difficulty":25,"format":44,"prompt":85,"answer":8,"rule":86,"tag":52},"pr-009","He hurt himself.","The subject and the object are the same person: himself.",{"id":88,"difficulty":25,"format":26,"prompt":89,"answer":90,"rule":91,"tag":52,"options":92},"pr-010","Maria looked at ___ in the mirror.","herself","The subject and the object are the same person, so use herself.",[90,93,94,95],"her","hers","she",{"id":97,"difficulty":25,"format":37,"prompt":98,"answer":99,"rule":101,"tag":30},"pr-011","The red car is Tom's. It is ___. (he)",[100],"his","His can stand alone: the car is his.",{"id":103,"difficulty":25,"format":44,"prompt":104,"answer":66,"rule":105,"tag":52,"correction":106},"pr-012","Be careful! You can hurt you.","The same person does and receives the action, so use yourself.","Be careful! You can hurt yourself.",{"id":108,"difficulty":25,"format":26,"prompt":109,"answer":110,"rule":111,"tag":30,"options":112},"pr-013","Our house is big, but ___ is small. (their house)","theirs","Theirs takes the place of their house.",[110,113,114,115],"their","them","themselves",{"id":117,"difficulty":25,"format":37,"prompt":118,"answer":119,"rule":120,"tag":30},"pr-014","The red pens are ___. They are Anna's. (she)",[94],"The possessive pronoun of she is hers.",{"id":122,"difficulty":25,"format":44,"prompt":123,"answer":66,"rule":124,"tag":68,"correction":125},"pr-015","Is this pen your?","Your needs a noun. Without a noun, use yours.","Is this pen yours?",{"id":127,"difficulty":25,"format":26,"prompt":128,"answer":129,"rule":130,"tag":52,"options":131},"pr-016","He taught ___ to play the guitar. (nobody helped him)","himself","The same person teaches and learns, so use himself.",[129,132,100,133],"him","he",{"id":135,"difficulty":136,"format":26,"prompt":137,"answer":55,"rule":138,"tag":68,"options":139},"pr-017","medium","Whose phone is this? It is ___. (it belongs to me)","Mine stands alone. My needs a noun after it.",[55,56,54,50],{"id":141,"difficulty":136,"format":37,"prompt":142,"answer":143,"rule":144,"tag":30},"pr-018","I can't find my keys. Can I use ___? (your keys)",[28],"Yours means your keys.",{"id":146,"difficulty":136,"format":44,"prompt":147,"answer":8,"rule":148,"tag":30},"pr-019","Their car is old, but ours is new.","Ours takes the place of our car.",{"id":150,"difficulty":136,"format":26,"prompt":151,"answer":90,"rule":152,"tag":153,"options":154},"pr-020","She made the dress by ___. Nobody helped her.","By herself means without help.","by-oneself",[90,93,94,95],{"id":156,"difficulty":136,"format":37,"prompt":157,"answer":158,"rule":160,"tag":161},"pr-021","Please help ___ to some cake, children. (you, plural)",[159],"yourselves","The plural of yourself is yourselves.","plural-selves",{"id":163,"difficulty":136,"format":44,"prompt":164,"answer":8,"rule":165,"tag":52},"pr-022","My brother and I are teaching ourselves English.","My brother and I means we, so the reflexive pronoun is ourselves.",{"id":167,"difficulty":136,"format":26,"prompt":168,"answer":169,"rule":170,"tag":30,"options":171},"pr-023","My bag is heavy. ___ is light. (her bag)","Hers","Hers takes the place of her bag.",[169,172,173,174],"Her","She","Herself",{"id":176,"difficulty":136,"format":37,"prompt":177,"answer":178,"rule":179,"tag":153},"pr-024","The boys cooked dinner by ___. Their mother was out. (they)",[115],"By themselves means without help from anyone.",{"id":181,"difficulty":136,"format":44,"prompt":182,"answer":66,"rule":183,"tag":52,"correction":184},"pr-025","Enjoy you at the party!","Enjoy takes a reflexive pronoun: Enjoy yourself!","Enjoy yourself at the party!",{"id":186,"difficulty":136,"format":26,"prompt":187,"answer":100,"rule":188,"tag":30,"options":189},"pr-026","Is this umbrella yours or ___? (Peter's umbrella)","His can stand alone: the umbrella is his.",[100,133,132,129],{"id":191,"difficulty":136,"format":37,"prompt":192,"answer":193,"rule":194,"tag":52},"pr-027","I looked at ___ in the window. I looked tired. (I)",[50],"The subject and the object are the same person: myself.",{"id":196,"difficulty":136,"format":44,"prompt":197,"answer":66,"rule":198,"tag":199,"correction":200},"pr-028","Tom fell and hurt him. (Tom hurt his own body)","The same person does and receives the action, so use himself.","me-vs-myself","Tom fell and hurt himself.",{"id":202,"difficulty":136,"format":26,"prompt":203,"answer":129,"rule":204,"tag":52,"options":205},"pr-029","He talks to ___ when he is alone. (he talks to no one else)","The same person talks and listens, so use himself.",[129,132,100,133],{"id":207,"difficulty":136,"format":37,"prompt":208,"answer":209,"rule":210,"tag":153},"pr-030","We painted the house by ___. We didn't ask anyone for help. (we)",[61],"By ourselves means without help.",{"id":212,"difficulty":136,"format":44,"prompt":213,"answer":8,"rule":214,"tag":30},"pr-031","This is her pen, and that one is hers.","Hers takes the place of her pen.",{"id":216,"difficulty":136,"format":26,"prompt":217,"answer":94,"rule":218,"tag":30,"options":219},"pr-032","Whose coat is it? It is ___. (it belongs to Sara)","Hers stands alone: the coat is hers.",[94,93,95,90],{"id":221,"difficulty":222,"format":26,"prompt":223,"answer":61,"rule":224,"tag":52,"options":225},"pr-033","hard","Don't worry about us. We can look after ___. (we)","The subject and the object are the same people: ourselves.",[61,77,73,76],{"id":227,"difficulty":222,"format":37,"prompt":228,"answer":229,"rule":230,"tag":30},"pr-034","Your idea is old, but ___ is new. (my idea)",[55],"Mine takes the place of my idea.",{"id":232,"difficulty":222,"format":44,"prompt":233,"answer":8,"rule":160,"tag":161},"pr-035","Kids, you can do it by yourselves.",{"id":235,"difficulty":222,"format":26,"prompt":236,"answer":73,"rule":237,"tag":30,"options":238},"pr-036","My sister and I share a room. The room is ___.","Ours stands alone: the room is ours.",[73,76,61,77],{"id":240,"difficulty":222,"format":37,"prompt":241,"answer":242,"rule":243,"tag":153},"pr-037","Did you do the project by ___? Or did Tom help you? (you, one person)",[34],"By yourself means without help. One person: yourself.",{"id":245,"difficulty":222,"format":44,"prompt":246,"answer":66,"rule":247,"tag":199,"correction":248},"pr-038","Tom and I hurt us in the game.","The same people do and receive the action, so use ourselves.","Tom and I hurt ourselves in the game.",{"id":250,"difficulty":222,"format":26,"prompt":251,"answer":55,"rule":252,"tag":30,"options":253},"pr-039","Your hair is long, but ___ is short. (my hair)","Mine takes the place of my hair.",[55,56,54,50],{"id":255,"difficulty":222,"format":37,"prompt":256,"answer":257,"rule":259,"tag":52},"pr-040","The cat cleans ___ with its tongue. (it)",[258],"itself","The same animal does and receives the action: itself.",{"id":261,"difficulty":222,"format":44,"prompt":262,"answer":8,"rule":263,"tag":30},"pr-041","Those bikes are not mine. They are theirs. (Ben and Eva)","Theirs takes the place of their bikes.",{"id":265,"difficulty":222,"format":26,"prompt":266,"answer":267,"rule":268,"tag":153,"options":269},"pr-042","Anna and Ben built the tree house ___. Nobody helped them.","by themselves","By themselves means without help.",[267,270,271,272],"by theirs","by them","by their",{"id":274,"difficulty":222,"format":37,"prompt":275,"answer":276,"rule":277,"tag":52},"pr-043","Sara is proud of ___. She won the race. (she)",[90],"The same person is proud and is the object: herself.",{"id":279,"difficulty":222,"format":44,"prompt":280,"answer":66,"rule":281,"tag":68,"correction":282},"pr-044","My phone is old. Yours phone is new.","Yours stands alone. Before a noun, use your.","My phone is old. Yours is new.",{"id":284,"difficulty":222,"format":26,"prompt":285,"answer":61,"rule":210,"tag":153,"options":286},"pr-045","Who made this cake? We made it by ___.",[61,73,77,76],{"id":288,"difficulty":222,"format":37,"prompt":289,"answer":290,"rule":291,"tag":30},"pr-046","That isn't Dan's seat. It is ___. (my seat)",[55],"Mine takes the place of my seat.",{"id":293,"difficulty":222,"format":44,"prompt":294,"answer":66,"rule":295,"tag":296,"correction":297},"pr-047","The dog is sleeping. The bed is its.","Its is not used alone. Say the dog's bed or its bed.","its","The dog is sleeping. The bed is the dog's.",{"id":299,"difficulty":222,"format":26,"prompt":300,"answer":159,"rule":301,"tag":161,"options":302},"pr-048","Boys and girls, please behave ___. (you, plural)","You is plural here, so use yourselves.",[159,34,115,28],{"how_to_play":304,"rule_intro":308,"rule_sections":309,"faq":373,"related_exercise_label":392},[305,306,307],"Choose Practice for an untimed round or Challenge for a timed round with three lives.","Practice lets you choose a difficulty; Challenge mixes all three levels in a 12-question round.","Read each explanation and replay your mistakes. Every question and correction is in English.","A possessive pronoun such as mine or yours replaces my book or your book. A reflexive pronoun such as myself or themselves shows that the same person does and receives the action. Practise both groups and the phrases that use them.",[310,322,333,346,360],{"heading":311,"body":312,"examples":313},"Possessive pronouns","Mine, yours, his, hers, ours and theirs take the place of a possessive adjective and a noun. Do not say the noun again.",[314,317,320],{"sentence":315,"note":316},"That bag is mine.","Mine means my bag.",{"sentence":318,"note":319},"Our house is old, but theirs is new.","Theirs means their house.",{"sentence":125,"note":321},"Yours means your pen.",{"heading":323,"body":324,"examples":325},"My or mine?","My, your, her, our and their go before a noun. Mine, yours, hers, ours and theirs stand alone. His is the same in both cases.",[326,328,330],{"sentence":69,"note":327},"My goes before the noun book.",{"sentence":45,"note":329,"wrong":65},"Mine stands alone.",{"sentence":331,"note":332},"The red car is his.","His can stand alone.",{"heading":334,"body":335,"examples":336},"Reflexive pronouns","Use myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves and themselves when the subject and the object are the same person.",[337,340,343],{"sentence":338,"note":339},"I cut myself.","I and myself are the same person.",{"sentence":341,"note":342},"She looked at herself in the mirror.","Herself is the same person as she.",{"sentence":344,"note":345},"I hurt him.","Him is another person, so there is no reflexive pronoun.",{"heading":347,"body":348,"examples":349},"Singular and plural","Singular reflexive pronouns end in self. Plural ones end in selves: yourselves, ourselves, themselves.",[350,353,357],{"sentence":351,"note":352},"Please help yourself, Mrs Brown.","One person: yourself.",{"sentence":354,"note":355,"wrong":356},"Please help yourselves, children.","More than one person: yourselves.","Please help yourselfs, children.",{"sentence":358,"note":359},"We enjoyed ourselves.","We takes ourselves.",{"heading":361,"body":362,"examples":363},"By myself and other useful phrases","By myself means alone or without help. Enjoy yourself means have a good time. Its is only a possessive adjective, so we do not use it alone.",[364,367,369],{"sentence":365,"note":366},"She did it by herself.","Nobody helped her.",{"sentence":184,"note":368},"Have a good time.",{"sentence":370,"note":371,"wrong":372},"The dog is in its bed.","Its goes before a noun.","The bed is its.",[374,377,380,383,386,389],{"question":375,"answer":376},"Is this possessive and reflexive pronouns game free?","Yes. Play as many short rounds as you like without creating an account.",{"question":378,"answer":379},"What is the difference between my and mine?","My goes before a noun: this is my bag. Mine stands alone: this bag is mine. Never put a noun after mine.",{"question":381,"answer":382},"When do I use myself, yourself and the other reflexive pronouns?","Use them when the subject and the object are the same person: I hurt myself. If they are different people, use me, you, him or her.",{"question":384,"answer":385},"What does by myself mean?","It means alone or without help. She made the cake by herself means nobody helped her.",{"question":387,"answer":388},"Can I use this game in class?","Yes. Ask students to say which things in the classroom are theirs, then compare their sentences with the questions and explanations.",{"question":390,"answer":391},"Does the game save my score?","Your best Challenge score is stored in this browser, not in your account.","Possessive and Reflexive Pronouns Exercises",[],{"es":395},"\u002Fes\u002Fjuegos\u002Fpronombres-posesivos-reflexivos",{"unit":397,"units_total":401,"hub_url":402,"prev":403,"next":408},{"id":398,"number":399,"title":400},"mine-and-yours",13,"Mine and yours",20,"\u002Fcourse",{"type":404,"slug":405,"title":406,"url":10,"question_count":407},"exercise","possessive-pronouns-reflexives-exercises","Possessive Pronouns and Reflexive Pronouns Exercises (mine, yours, myself)",22,{"type":404,"slug":409,"title":410,"url":411,"question_count":407},"subject-object-questions-exercises","Subject and Object Questions Exercises (Who likes tea? Who do you like?)","\u002Fgrammar\u002Fsubject-object-questions-exercises",1791334636420]