Grammar Level 2- Lesson Nineteen
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 Gerunds 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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My shirt is red.
It’s mine.
(It’s my shirt.)
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Subject
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Possessive Adjective
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Possessive Pronoun
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you
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your
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yours
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Yours is blue.
(Your shirt is blue)
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Subject
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Possessive Adjective
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Possessive Pronoun
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he
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his
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his
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He’s not wearing his.
(He’s not wearing his shirt.)
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Subject
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Possessive Adjective
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Possessive Pronoun
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she
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her
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hers
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Hers is blue.
(Her shirt is blue.)
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Subject
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Possessive Adjective
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Possessive Pronoun
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it
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its
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its
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The strawberry is red.
Its skin is red.
(“Its” is hard to use as a possessive pronoun. It’s often better to use the possessive adjective instead.)
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Subject
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Possessive Adjective
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Possessive Pronoun
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we
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our
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ours
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This is our website.
This website is ours.
Those uniforms of yours look great.
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Subject
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Possessive Adjective
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Possessive Pronoun
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they
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their
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theirs
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My dog is brown.
Theirs are gold.
Note: it’s also possible to say, “Theirs is gold,” if they have just one dog.
A possessive pronoun is singular or plural depending on the antecedent. An “antecedent” is the word or words to which the pronoun refers.
Quiz for Possessive Pronouns
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Next Grammar Lesson
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