POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

That pen is my pen not your pen.

The sentence is correct but not natural because we are repeating the noun.

To avoid repeating the noun, we can use possessive pronouns:

That pen is mine, not yours.

Possessive pronouns describes who owns something.Possessive Pronouns replace the noun and also possessive adjective.

That pen is my pen not your pen.

That pen is mine, not yours.

Personal Pronouns Possessive Adjective Possessive Pronouns

I My MineYou Your YoursHe His HisShe Her HersIt Its Its

We Our OursYou Your Yours

They Their Theirs

ExerciseWe don’t know their address and they don’t know our address.

We don’t know their address and they don’t know ______ours.

Jane’s Keys are in the bag but where are your Keys?

Jane’s Keys are in the bag but where are _________Yours ?

If you don’t have a pen, you can borrow my pen.

If you don’t have a pen, you can borrow ________mine.

They’re her shoes. They’re ____________hers.It’s your money. It’s ____________yours.

It’s her coat. It’s ____________hers.

They’re my glasses. They’re ____________mine.They’re your books. They’re ____________yours.

It’s our cat. It’s ____________ours.The ball is (I) ____________mine.

The blue car is (we) ____________ours.The pictures are (she) ____________hers.This cat is (he) ____________his.

I’m a musician. That guitar is ____________mine.

Personal Pronouns

Possessive Adjective

Possessive Pronouns

IYouHeSheItWeYouThey

My Mine

You Yours

His His

Her Hers

Its Its

Our OursYour YoursTheir Theirs

( I ) ________ is yellow,

(she) __________ is black.

( She ) ________ is red, ( they)

________ are black.

( We ) _______ is small, ( he) ________ is large.

( They ) _______ are new, ( I) ________ are old.

My

hers.

Her

Theirs

Our his

Their mine

WHOSE

Whose camera

hers

Whose gloves are

It’s his.Whose hat is this

‘re mine.

Whose money is this

It’s yours. Whose books are these

They’re ours.

Brian’s sister

Daniel’s Paul’s

grandmother sister

Sarah’s father

Jame’s