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Possessive pronouns

Image     This is my yoghurt. This yoghurt is mine.        

 
We use a possessive pronoun
instead of a noun to indicate possession.

 This file is Sophie's. This file is hers. 
 

We use an apostrophe with a noun to indicate possession but never with a pronoun.

 

This is Sue's.           

This is hersImage 

  

This is her's.  Image

  

  



 

Personal pronoun      

Possessive adjective   

Possessive pronoun

 

I  

                                                                   

you

 

he 

 

she

 

it

 

we

 

they

my

 

your

 

his

 

her

 

its

 

our 

 

their                                 

mine

 

yours

 

his

 

hers

 

its

 

ours

 

theirs

  

Uses

Examples

 

To replace a name and a noun

 

It is Jeremy's computer.       It is his.

 

his = Jeremy's computer

 

 

 

To replace a possessive adjective and a noun

 

These are their books.  These are theirs.

 

theirs = their books

 

 

As a subject complement

 

The one on the left is mine and the other one is yours.

 

 

As a subject

 

Ours is the red car and theirs is the blue one.

His is in the car park.

 


  

Image         This is my dinner.  Yours is in the microwave.

Image       Tom has a problem with his laptop so he's using mine today.   

Image    Do you prefer ours or theirs?