Exercise on possessive adjectives in German

Learn more about possessive adjectives and their usage.

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  2. Exercise on possessive adjectives in German
  3. Exercise: Possessive adjective or pronoun?

Fill in the missing words.

 

Recap: In German there are 8 main possessive adjectives : mein, dein, sein, ihr, sein, unser, euer and ihr. They need to be conjugated in dependence of the number, gender and case of the noun.

 

The possessive adjective you need to transform always is in brackets behind the free space. Decline and then write the correct word in the free space like in the example.

Example: Das ist meine (mein) Tasse. (This is my cup.)

1. Bitte gib mir (mein) Regenschirm zurück. (Give me my umbrella back, please.)

2. Was hast du mit (mein) Notizbuch gemacht? (What did you do with my notebook?)

3. Sie freut sich über den Erfolg (ihr) Bruders. (She is happy about the success of her brother.)

4. Er weiß nicht wie spät es ist, weil er (sein) Uhr nicht finden kann. (He doesn't know what time it is, because he can't find his watch.)

5. Anne hat einen Hund. (ihr) Hund ist ziemlich klein. (Anne has a dog. Her dog is very small.)

6. Meine Schwester und ich gehen zu (unser) Oma. (My sister and I are going to our grandmother.)

7. Ich komme aus Deuschland und die meisten (mein) Freunde kommen auch aus Deutschland. (I'm from Germany and most of my friends are from Germany, too.)

8. Wie heißt der Junge? (sein) Name ist Ben. (What's the name of this boy? His name is Ben.)

9. Das ist (unser) Großvater. (This is our grandfather.)

10. Ben und Max essen gerne Burger. Das ist (ihr) Lieblingsessen. (Ben and Max like to eat burger. It's their favorite food.)