Complete the neighborhood gossip about the great apple tree debate by choosing the correct word for each blank.

The neighbors insist the giant apple tree is completely theirs, but since the branches hang over the fence, we think the dropped apples are ours.

The neighbors insist the giant apple tree is completely theirs, but since the branches hang over the fence, we think the dropped apples are ours.

Both missing words are possessive pronouns (theirs and ours). They stand alone without a noun immediately following them, replacing "their tree" and "our apples." If a noun followed them, we would use the adjectives "their" and "our."