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    Possessive Pronouns

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    The document discusses possessive pronouns and possessive adjectives in English. It notes that possessive pronouns are used to avoid repetition, and lists the possessive pronouns and their corresponding possessive adjectives. It explains that possessive adjectives describe nouns and come before the noun, while possessive pronouns take the place of nouns. Examples are provided to illustrate the differences and show proper usage of possessive adjectives versus possessive pronouns.

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    The document discusses possessive pronouns and possessive adjectives in English. It notes that possessive pronouns are used to avoid repetition, and lists the possessive pronouns and their corresponding possessive adjectives. It explains that possessive adjectives describe nouns and come before the noun, while possessive pronouns take the place of nouns. Examples are provided to illustrate the differences and show proper usage of possessive adjectives versus possessive pronouns.

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    Possessive Pronouns / Adjectives

    Possessive Pronouns
    • Possessive pronouns are used in English to
    avoid repeating information.
    Example:
    This pencil is my pencil, not your pencil.
    (Sounds repetitive)
    This pencil is mine, not yours.
    (Mine and yours are possessive
    pronouns)
    • Possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns
    sometimes are confusing because most of them are
    very similar in form.

    Possessive adjective Possessive Pronouns


    My Mine
    Your Yours
    His His
    Her Hers
    Its Its
    Our Ours
    Their Theirs
    Meaning
    mine ours
    le mien / la mienne le nôtre / la nôtre
    les miens / les miennes les nôtres / les nôtres

    yours yours
    le tien / la tienne le vôtre/ la vôtre
    les tiens / les tiennes les vôtres / les vôtres

    theirs
    le leur / la leur
    his, hers les leurs / les leurs
    le sien / la sienne
    les siens / les siennes
    Takes the
    Describes a
    place of
    noun
    a noun

    Examples:
    My house is big (MY is an adjective, describes the house )
    Yours is small (YOURS is a pronoun, takes the place of
    noun “house”)
    Another easy way to remember how to use them :

    Possessive Adjective:
    Possessive Pronoun:
    Possessive Adjective + Noun
    Noun + Possessive Pronoun

    My cat is small. The cat is mine.


    Her dog is The black dog is
    black. hers.
    Their brother plays The car is ours.
    soccer.
    sive adjectives go before the noun and possessive pronouns go af
    Examples
    • This is my table. >>>> POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE
    • The table is mine.>>>> POSSESSIVE PRONOUN

    • Is that your pencil?>>POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE


    • Is that pencil yours?>>POSSESSIVE PRONOUN
    • Look at these pictures. Mine is the big one.
    (subject
    = My picture)
    • I like your flowers. Do you like mine? (object =
    my flowers)
    Excersises: Fill in the blank with the correct
    possessive adjective(my, your, his, her, its, our,
    their)
    1. I like (I)boots.
    2. She lives with (she) father.
    3. I have (you) book.
    4. I know (they) cousin.
    5. She likes (he) shoes.
    6. The teacher has homework.
    (she)
    7. I buy (we) coffee every day.
    8. He loves (she) apple pie.
    9. She wants (I) money.
    10. I like (Dave and Tanya) car.
    Fill in the blank with the correct
    possessive Pronoun
    1. I have a dog. That
    dog is !
    2. She has a cat.
    That cat is !
    3. We have a car. That
    car is !
    4. They have
    a bike. That bike is !
    5. He has a key. That
    key is !
    6. You have a
    hat. That hat is !

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