Possessive Pronouns

Possessive Pronouns

Possessive pronouns

We can use possessive pronouns to replace the subject.

Possessive pronouns

• Mine

• Yours

• His

• Hers

• Ours

• Theirs

Possessive pronouns

Possessive pronouns DO NOT have an apostrophe ( ' ).

Possessive pronouns

We can use a possessive pronoun instead of a full noun phrase to avoid repeating words.

Example

• Is that John's car? No, it's mine. (NOT No, it's my car.)

• Whose coat is this? Is it yours? (NOT Is it your coat?)

• Her coat is grey. Mine is brown. (NOT My coat is brown.)

Possessive pronouns

We can use possessive pronouns and nouns after of.

Example

• Susan is one of my friends. > Susan is a friend of mine.

  (NOT Susan is a friend of me.)

• I am one of Susan's friends. > I am a friend of Susan's.

  (NOT I am a friend of Susan.)

Multiple Choice

Change the underlined noun phrase to a suitable pronoun.

Whose book is this? I don't know. It isn't my book.

• my book

• mine book

• my

• mine

Multiple Choice

Change the underlined noun phrase to a suitable pronoun.

Shall we watch the match here or do you want to come to our house?

• ours

• our house

• our

• ours house

Thank you

Goodbye!