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Ls 19. Possessive Pronouns

Lesson 19. Possessive Pronouns

SubjectPossessive AdjectivePossessive Pronouns
IMyMine
My shirt is red
It's mine ( It's my shirt)
YouYourYours
Yours is blue (Your shirt is blue)
HeHisHis
He's not wearing his (He's not wearing his shirt)
SheHerHers
Hers is blue (Her shirt is blue)
ItItsIts
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)
WeOurOurs
This is our website
This website is ours
TheyTheirTheirs
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.