Grammar Level 1- Lesson Seventeen
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.
Requirement Lessons
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Possessive Pronouns
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Subject
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Possessive Adjective
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Possessive Pronoun
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I
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my
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mine
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you
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your
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yours
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he
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his
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his
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she
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her
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hers
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it
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its
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its
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we
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our
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ours
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you
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your
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yours
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they
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their
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theirs
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A possessive adjective is used before a noun.
A possessive pronoun is not used before a noun.
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.
Quiz for Possessive Pronouns
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