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possessives: pronouns

 

Can you match these possessive pronouns to the right personal pronouns and possessive adjectives?
 

yours, mine, theirs, ours, hers, his, its

 

Subject Object Possessive adjectives

Possessive pronouns
I me  my  
You you  your  
He him  his  
She her  her  
It it  its  
We us  our  
They them  their  

 

We can use a possessive pronoun instead of a noun phrase:

 

Is that John’s car?   No, it’s [my car] > No, it’s mine.
Whose coat is this?   Is it [your coat]? > Is it yours?
Her coat is grey, [my coat]is brown   Her coat is grey,   mine is brown.

 

 

We can use possessive pronouns after of.

We can say:

Susan is one of my friends.
or
Susan is a friend of mine.
but not 
Susan is a friend of me

or

I am one of Susan's friends.
or
I am a friend of Susan's.
but not 
I am a friend of Susan

Exercise

Comments

Abdulrahman112's picture
Submitted by Abdulrahman112 on 8 May, 2013 - 06:45. Saudi Arabia

Hi,
The lesson is very difficult

torontolast's picture
Submitted by torontolast on 2 May, 2013 - 10:02. United States of America

Why I cannot use "No, It's not my car"

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Submitted by Jeremy Bee on 2 May, 2013 - 12:35. Taiwan

Hello torontolast!
 
Who said you can't use that? The only mistake I can see is the capital I on its.
 
Regards
 
Jeremy Bee
The LearnEnglish Team

jennifer9001's picture
Submitted by jennifer9001 on 23 April, 2013 - 18:16. United States of America

Hi,
I have a question here, in the explanation theirs says he (subject), her (object), her (possessive adjectives), but in the answer the first is hers, with s at the end;  why?, that is possible, or is just a mistake, please help me because I don't understand.

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Submitted by Jeremy Bee on 24 April, 2013 - 05:17. Taiwan

Hello Jennifer 9001!
 
The word you are asking about, hers, is explained at the start of the page. It is a possessive pronoun, which we use instead of a possessive adjective + noun:
That is her pen.
That (pen) is hers.
 
The exercise asks you to use the possessive pronouns to complete the exercises, not the possessive adjectives.
 
Hope that helps!
 
Jeremy Bee
The LearnEnglish Team

Zoje10's picture
Submitted by Zoje10 on 15 April, 2013 - 17:34. Albania

 it`s really easy making exercises here than at school

samakalai's picture
Submitted by samakalai on 27 March, 2013 - 09:50. Morocco

very fast test

zimmer ei's picture
Submitted by zimmer ei on 22 March, 2013 - 10:50. Croatia

Hi guys! Can you please explain why a sentence "I am a friend of Susan" isn`t correct thanks!
 

stell180's picture
Submitted by stell180 on 8 April, 2013 - 06:31. Indonesia

if i am not mistaken you must put apostrophe + s in the sentence. it probably will become "i am a friend of Susan's"

Telia Directory's picture
Submitted by Telia Directory on 16 March, 2013 - 15:28. Greece

hi all