R19 Possessive Pronouns

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Lesson Nineteen

Possessive Pronouns

Subject	Possessive Adjective	Possessive Pronoun
I	my	mine

My shirt is red.

It’s mine.

(It’s my shirt.)

Subject	Possessive Adjective	Possessive Pronoun
you	your	yours

Yours is blue.

(Your shirt is blue)

Subject	Possessive Adjective	Possessive Pronoun
he	his	his

He’s not wearing his.

(He’s not wearing his shirt.)

Subject	Possessive Adjective	Possessive Pronoun
she	her	hers

Hers is blue.

(Her shirt is blue.)

Subject	Possessive Adjective	Possessive Pronoun
it	its	its

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.)

Subject	Possessive Adjective	Possessive Pronoun
we	our	ours

This is our website.

This website is ours.

Subject	Possessive Adjective	Possessive Pronoun
you	your	yours

Those uniforms of yours look great.

Subject	Possessive Adjective	Possessive Pronoun
they	their	theirs

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 antecent. An “antecedent” is the word or words to which the pronoun refers.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

Click here for a quiz on possessive pronouns.

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Learn to listen for

possessive pronouns

in the listening lab.

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