What is the difference between 'my', 'mine' and 'me'?

[Homy]

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #101 "Possessive pronouns", question 2

The colorful picture of the flowers is ..........

(a) their
(b) your
(c) mine

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #101 "Possessive pronouns", answer 2

The colorful picture of the flowers is mine.

Correct answer: (c) mine
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why not me?

Homy

[Mister Micawber]

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Me is the object pronoun; mine is the possessive pronoun.

The picture is mine = It is my picture.
The picture is me = I am the picture or I am in the picture.

Since in the test question, flowers are in the picture, not a person, me is a wrong choice. Their and your are wrong also, but for a different reason: they are possessive adjectives, not pronouns. Theirs and yours would be correct choices.
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