7.5 Possession: pronouns

Possessive pronouns are used in sentences where a subject in possession is followed by a predicate (verb ‘be’ in it’s respective form).

 

Possessive pronouns are put immediately after the verb.

 

This is my pencil → This pencil is mine.

 

That is her dress → That white dress is hers.

 

Our houses are on the hill → Two houses on the hill are ours.

 

Possessive pronouns are formed like this:

 

Possessive determiner Possessive pronoun
My

Your

His

Her

Its

Our

Your

Their

Mine

Yours

His

Hers

Its

Ours

Yours

Theirs

 

This black coat is mine.

 

The rest of the cake is yours.

 

The car in the yard is his.

 

All these beautiful gowns are hers.

 

That cat on the tree is not ours.

 

Guys, are these bags yours?

 

Children said, the toys on the floor were not theirs.