Possessive Adjectives-Possessive pronouns

Theory

Subject Pronoun Possessive Adjective Possessive Pronoun

I my mine
You your your
He his his
She her hers
It its
We our ours
You your yours
They their theirs

We use the possessive adjective before nouns to show who has something.

 I have a book. It is my book.

 You have a car. It is your car.
 Adam has a jacket. It is his jacket.
 Maria has shoes. They are her shoes.
 The door is black. Its color isn’t blue.
 We have a house. Our house is big.
 You and Anna have bikes. Your bikes are great.
 Sam and Tom have a dog. Their dog is cute.

Practice

1. I have many friends. ________ friends are great.

2. Anna’s mum is a doctor and _____ father is a nurse.
3. Bob’s house is big but ______ room is small.
4. This car is great and I really like _____ color.
5. You and I have the same teacher. _______ teacher is great.
6. Jamie and Mary have two children. _______ children are twins!
7. You and Javier have nice clothes. I really like ______ shoes too.
We use possessive pronouns instead of a noun we have
already talked about. There is NO noun after the pronoun.

 Your car is blue but mine is grey. (instead of my car)

 His car is amazing. Yours is great too. (instead of your car)
 I have a great dog and Adam has an amazing dog too. But
his is bigger (instead of his dog)
 You have a very nice dress and Jamie has a nice dress too. But hers is
longer. (instead of her dress)
 They have a great teacher but ours is great as well! (instead of our
teacher)
 Kids, don’t touch that. It is Dimi’s phone. It is not yours. (instead of your
phone)
 This is Eve and Anna’s car. It is theirs. (instead of their car)

Practice

1. Don’t play with that! It is not __________ (you).

2. I really like Mark’s new bike. ___________ isn’t as fast (I)
3. You have an awesome sister. Ariel’s sister is not as good. _________ is a little
mean (she).
4. Did you see Bob and Carl’s new horse? It is younger than ____________(we)
but it isn’t as strong.
5. Dad has a new mobile phone. ______ (he) is better than mine! Can you
believe it?

Choose the correct answer. Remember: an adjective needs a noun after it.
A pronoun does not like nouns!

1. I have a great house but I really like your/yours too.

2. They go to a nice school but our/ours is great too.
3. My/mine new friend’s name is Anna.
4. Her/hers hair looks amazing today.
5. -Can you give me your/yours pen please? -I am sorry but no! You always
lose my/mine things.
6. I need to borrow mum’s bike. Her/Hers is faster than my/mine.
7. Our/ours family is lovely!

GOOD LUCK, LISTEN TO THE LITTLE TEACHERS AND ASK YOUR

TEACHER IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.