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Lesson Nineteen
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.
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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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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 antecent. An “antecedent” is the word or words to which the pronoun refers.
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
Click here for a quiz on possessive pronouns.
Click here for an exercise.
Click here if you need more help with possessive pronouns.
Next: Lesson Twentyreflexive pronouns
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