Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the part of speech for the underlined word in the following setence: That car is mine.

  1. relative pronoun

  2. possessive pronoun

  3. reflexive pronoun

  4. emphatic pronoun
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Mine is a possessive pronoun that shows ownership without repeating the noun. It stands alone and replaces the entire noun phrase (like my car). Unlike possessive adjectives (my, your, his), possessive pronouns can function as complete sentence subjects or objects.

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