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Blue Level
Lesson Fifteen
Possessive Pronouns
Subject | Possessive Adjective | Possessive Pronoun |
I | my | mine |
you | your | yours |
he | his | his |
she | her | hers |
it | its | its |
we | our | ours |
you | your | yours |
they | their | theirs |
A possessive adjective is used before a noun. A possessive pronoun is not used before a noun. |
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I am a teacher. This is my website. This website is mine. |  |
You are a student. Is that your chair? Is that chair yours? |  |
He is playing his guitar. The guitar is his. |  |
This is a woman. Her hair is red. My hair is brown. Hers is red. |  |
This is a crocodile. It‘s showing its teeth. (“Its” is used for animals and things.) |  |
We are working on our websites. The websites are ours. (mine + yours = ours) | |
You are students. You are in your classroom. This classroom is yours. |  |
They are children. They are eating their popsicles. The popsicles are theirs. |  |
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