Show Ownership Right: Mastering Possessive Determiners for Grade 6 

This Grade 6 worksheet helps students master possessive determiners — words like my, your, his, her, its, our, and their — that show ownership or belonging before a noun. Through multiple-choice questions, fill-in-the-blanks, true/false statements, sentence corrections, and paragraph editing, learners understand the critical difference between possessive determiners (used before nouns: "my book") and possessive pronouns (used alone: "mine"), while avoiding common errors like "hers coat" or "mine house." 

Why Possessive Determiners Matter in Grammar? 

Possessive determiners allow students to express ownership clearly and concisely. For Grade 6 learners, this topic is important because: 
1. Possessive determiners always come before a noun (e.g., "my bag," "her phone"). 
2. Possessive pronouns stand alone without a noun (e.g., "mine," "hers," "ours," "theirs"). 
3. Confusing determiners with pronouns leads to common errors like "hers coat" instead of "her coat." 
4. Mastering this distinction builds accuracy in both writing and everyday conversation. 

What’s Inside This Worksheet?

 This worksheet includes five engaging activities that build fluency with possessive determiners: 

🧠 Exercise 1 – Multiple Choice Questions 
Students read 10 sentences and choose the correct possessive determiner (my, your, his, her, its, our, their) while avoiding common distractors like possessive pronouns (mine, hers, ours, theirs). 

✏️ Exercise 2 – Fill in the Blanks 
Students complete 10 sentences by filling in the correct possessive determiner based on the context and subject of each sentence. 

📋 Exercise 3 – True or False 
Students read 10 statements about possessive determiners (e.g., "Mine is used as a possessive determiner") and mark them as true or false. 

🔤 Exercise 4 – Correct the Possessive Determiner Error 
Each sentence contains an error involving possessive determiners or pronouns. Students rewrite the sentence correctly. 

📝 Exercise 5 – Paragraph Editing (Possessive Determiner Focus) 
Students read a paragraph about old photos and school projects and correct all errors related to possessive determiner usage. 

Help your child stop confusing "my" with "mine" and "her" with "hers" and start showing ownership with grammatical precision. 

🔹 Answer Key 

Exercise 1 – Multiple Choice Questions 
1. a) My 
2. a) my 
3. a) Our 
4. a) Their 
5. b) my 
6. a) Our 
7. a) His 
8. b) His 
9. a) Her 
10. b) Their 

Exercise 2 – Fill in the Blanks 
1. her 
2. My 
3. my 
4. Her 
5. their 
6. my 
7. our 
8. His 
9. my 
10. Our 

Exercise 3 – True or False 
1. True 
2. False ("Hers" is a possessive pronoun, not a determiner) 
3. False ("Mine" is a possessive pronoun, not a determiner) 
4. True 
5. False ("Their" is a possessive determiner) 
6. True 
7. False ("His" is both a pronoun and a determiner) 
8. False ("Ours" is a possessive pronoun, not a determiner) 
9. False ("Theirs" is a possessive pronoun, not a determiner) 
10. False ("My" is used before nouns; "mine" is used alone) 

Exercise 4 – Correct the Possessive Determiner Error 
1. That is her coat. 
2. Our car is blue. (already correct) 
3. This is her book. (already correct) 
4. I lost my keys. (already correct) 
5. Is that your pencil? (already correct) 
6. His shoes are on the floor. (already correct) 
7. We are going to our house tomorrow. (already correct) 
8. Their books are on the shelf. 
9. I think theirs is broken. OR I think their car is broken. 
10. My house is big. 

Exercise 5 – Paragraph Editing (Corrected version) 
Yesterday, I was looking through my old photo albums when I found our pictures from a trip we took years ago. I showed my parents the photos, and they were amazed at how much we had changed. Our vacation memories were very special, and I still cherish those moments. Later, I went to see her at the library, and we talked about our upcoming school projects. While I was talking, I realized our project was much more complicated than theirs, so I decided to offer some help. As I was leaving, I bumped into my friend, and we talked for a while. He invited me to his house later this week to work on the project. When I got home, I saw their dog sitting by the door, waiting for them to return. I spent the rest of the evening relaxing with my family, enjoying our time together. 

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