1A593 Possessive Pronouns vs Possessive Adjectives

POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS AND POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES

This umbrella belongs to me.

It's mine.

That book belongs to him. It's his.

This spooky spooky house house belongs to the Smiths. It's theirs.

Mine ,his, theirs   are POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS.

This is my umbrella. That's his book. The house at the corner is their house.

My, his , their are POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES .

Remember!

 house. It is my  house

It is mine .

adjective + noun

pronoun

Possessive Adjectives are followed by a noun. Possessive Pronouns are used without a noun. Personal Pronouns

Possessi!e A"#e$ti!es

Possessi!e Pronouns

I you he she it e they

my your his her it our their

mine yours his hers its ours theirs

I have got a cat. It's my cat . It's mine. %e have got nice house. It's our house. It's ours. She has got a new watch. It's her watch. It's hers. &ou &ou have got a phone .It's your phone. It's yours .

You can say  a friend of mine some friends of  yours...

I %se possessive adjectives or possessive pronouns in these sentences: &ample : The red coat belongs to me. It's my coat. It's mine. (. That big modern camera belongs to )im. It's ....................... camera. It's ....................... . *.The car in ront o the house belongs to the ,rowns. It's .................. car. It's...................... . -.The watch on the shel belongs to ,etty. It's .................. watch. It's .......................... . .This record belongs to us. It's ...................... record. It's ........................ . /. That bike belongs to you" $ark. It's .................. bike. It's ........................ .

II Choose the right word:

Is this your  yours book ! It's their  theirs problem" not our  ours . #re these your  yours shoes ! Is this camera your  yours ! That's not my  mine umbrella. $y  $ine is yellow. They know our  ours address but we don't know their  theirs. They've got two children but I don't know their  theirs names. $y  $ine room is bigger than her  hers" but her  hers is nicer. III 0ut in the missing possessive pronoun or adjective: (. Is that the Taylors' house! 1es" it's ...................... . *. This is .................... ball. It belongs to me. -. ,etty has bought that cassette. It's .................... . . The bag on the chair is .................... . It belongs to you. /.Is that 2red's watch ! 1es" it's ................... . 3. That camera belongs to 4len. It's ...................... camera. 5. 6e live here and we like .................... new home very much. 7. 4ive the bird ..................... ood. 8. 6e bought thet car a year ago. It's ............................ now. (9. Is that .........................watch" ad! ; course it's ..................... . ((. The )acksons have bought thet house.It's .................... house now. (*. )enny has arrived. I can see ................ bike there.