Possessive

Adjective/Pronouns
• Possessive Adjectives • Possessive Pronouns

MY MINE
YOUR YOURS
HIS HIS
HER HERS
ITS ITS
OUR OURS
YOUR YOURS
THEIR THEIRS
• Possessive • Possessive Pronouns
Adjectives
• My car is new, theirs
• My name is John. is old.
• This is his house.
• - Whose is this pen?
- It’s mine.
 Important!

• In the modern English we can use her to

countries that have feminine gender:
Ex.: Venezuela has her/its particular problems.

• When we don’t know the sex of the baby:

Ex.: The child is crying. Its teeth are growing.
 Double Possessive
• noun + of + possessive pronoun

• One of my aunts is American. =

An aunt of mine is American = Uma das minhas
tias é Americana.

Don’t confuse!

• Those are Julia’s friends.

• I saw one of Gabriel’s parents.
 Watch Out!
• Everybody/everyone/somebody/someone/
nobody/no one – his/her (formal), their
(informal and modern)
Ex.: No one got his or her bus.
• One – one’s/ his
Ex.: One loves one’s/his family.
• Names of ships – her
Ex.: The Titanic had her crew in 1912.