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Grammar Level 1- Lesson 17- Possessive Pronouns in English

In this grammar lesson, you learn about Possessive Pronouns in English and how to use it in your English conversation and writing. Just follow examples and write them down a few times to learn them very well. After finishing this lesson, you should work on its quiz.

Grammar Recap

In our previous lesson, we covered the Possessive Adjectives If you just landed on this page, we suggest that you complete our previous lesson including its quizzes before continuing on this lesson.

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Possessive Pronouns in English

 

Subject
Possessive Adjective
Possessive Pronoun
I
my
mine
you
your
yours
he
his
his
she
her
hers
it
its
its
we
our
ours
you
your
yours
they
their
theirs

A possessive adjective is used before a noun.
A possessive pronoun is not used before a noun.

 

Examples of Possessive Pronouns

I am a teacher.
This is my website.
This website is mine.

You are a student.
Is that your chair?
Is that chair yours?

He is playing his guitar. The guitar is his.

This is a woman.
Her hair is red.
My hair is brown.
Hers is red.

This is a crocodile.
It‘s showing its teeth.
(“Its” is used for animals and things.)

We are working on our websites.
The websites are ours.
(mine + yours = ours)

You are students.
You are in your classroom. This classroom is yours.

They are children.
They are eating their cakes. The cakes are theirs.

 

Possessive Pronouns Exercises

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