What are possessive pronouns?

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Possessive pronouns

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Possessive pronouns

A possessive pronoun shows ownership or possession.

Hey, the remote control is not yours! But it’s my turn!

They can take the place of a possessive noun.

They can also act like adjectives in front of a noun.

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Possessive pronouns

Identify the possessive pronouns in each sentence and what they “own”.

James showed his parents his latest injury.

Yours is the black box on the top shelf.

These games are ours.

I ate my lunch and Franny ate hers.

Sasha and Sandy said the mess was theirs.

Put your hand in .

my mine your ours your yours his hers its their theirs

his hishis his The parents and injury are owned.

Yours Yours The box is owned.

oursours The games are owned.

my hersmy hers The lunches are owned.

theirstheirs The messis owned.

The hands are owned. your mineyour mine

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Possessive pronouns

The possessive pronoun its is often confused with it’s, which means “it is”. Remember: a

possessive pronoun never has an apostrophe.

The car was stolen and ______ windows broken.______ nearly time for dinner!The rhino raised ______ weary head from the grass.With ______ long nose twitching, the rat appeared.______ a pity that ______ bedtime already.

Should it be its or it’s in these sentences?

It’sits

It’s

its

its

it’s

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Possessive pronouns

• A pronoun stands in place of a noun. Possessive pronouns show ownership or possession.

• Some possessive pronouns act like adjectives, by modifying nouns.

• Possessive pronouns do not have apostrophes. It’s means “it is” and its is a possessive pronoun.

• In the following sentence, the possessive pronouns are red. The victory might be yours, but the glory is mine.

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