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Possessive and Demonstrative Pronoun Agreement
Practise agreement of мой, твой, наш, and ваш, invariant third-person possessives, and declined forms of этот and тот.
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Browse Pronouns practiceQuestion 1
Это ___ новый словарь.
English context
Choose the correct form of «мой» for “This is my new dictionary.”
Options
- мой
- моя
- моё
- мои
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- мой
Correct feedback
Correct. «Словарь» is masculine singular: «мой словарь».
Grammar rule
Possessives agree with the noun in gender and number: «мой словарь».
Question 2
Я встретил ___ сестру.
English context
Choose the accusative feminine form of «твой» for “I met your sister.”
Options
- твою
- твоя
- твоей
- твоё
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- твою
Correct feedback
Correct. «Сестру» is feminine accusative singular: «твою сестру».
Grammar rule
«Твой» agrees with a feminine accusative noun as «твою».
Question 3
Мы гордимся ___ детьми.
English context
Choose the instrumental plural form of «наш» for “We are proud of our children.”
Options
- нашими
- наших
- нашим
- наши
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- нашими
Correct feedback
Correct. Instrumental plural is «нашими детьми».
Grammar rule
Possessives take instrumental plural «-ими»: «нашими детьми».
Question 4
Я помогаю ___ родителям.
English context
Choose the dative plural form of «ваш» for “I help your parents.”
Options
- вашим
- ваших
- вашими
- ваши
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- вашим
Correct feedback
Correct. «Помогать» takes dative: «вашим родителям».
Grammar rule
The dative plural form of «ваш» is «вашим».
Question 5
Я читаю ___ статьи.
English context
Choose the invariant possessive meaning “their articles.”
Options
- их
- ими
- им
- ихние
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- их
Correct feedback
Correct. «Их» stays unchanged before plural «статьи».
Grammar rule
Possessive «их» is invariant regardless of the possessed noun’s case or number.
Question 6
Она живёт в ___ доме.
English context
Choose the invariant possessive meaning “her house.”
Options
- её
- ей
- ею
- еёном
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- её
Correct feedback
Correct. «Её» remains unchanged before prepositional «доме».
Grammar rule
The possessive pronoun «её» is invariant in all cases.
Question 7
Я доверяю ___ человеку.
English context
Choose the dative form of «этот» for “I trust this person.”
Options
- этому
- этого
- этим
- этот
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- этому
Correct feedback
Correct. «Доверять» takes dative: «этому человеку».
Grammar rule
«Этот» declines like an adjective; its dative masculine form is «этому».
Question 8
Мы обсуждаем ___ проблему.
English context
Choose the accusative feminine form of «тот» for “We are discussing that problem.”
Options
- ту
- той
- та
- того
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- ту
Correct feedback
Correct. Feminine accusative of «тот» is «ту»: «ту проблему».
Grammar rule
The demonstrative «тот» has feminine accusative form «ту».
Question 9
Мы говорим об ___ событии.
English context
Choose the prepositional neuter form of «этот» for “We are talking about this event.”
Options
- этом
- этой
- это
- этого
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- этом
Correct feedback
Correct. «О» takes prepositional, and neuter «событии» requires «этом».
Grammar rule
The prepositional form of «этот» with a masculine or neuter noun is «этом».
Question 10
Я часто думаю о ___ друзьях.
English context
Choose the prepositional plural form of «тот» for “I often think about those friends.”
Options
- тех
- тем
- теми
- те
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- тех
Correct feedback
Correct. «О» takes prepositional plural «тех друзьях».
Grammar rule
The demonstrative «тот» has prepositional plural form «тех».