POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS AND POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES

This umbrella belongs to me.

It's mine.

That book belongs to him. It's his.

This spooky house belongs to the Smiths. It's theirs.

Mine ,his, theirs are POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS. This is my umbrella. That's his book. The house at the corner is their house. My, his , their are POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES.

Remember!

It is my house.
adjective + noun

It is mine.
pronoun

Possessive Adjectives are followed by a noun. Possessive Pronouns are used without a noun.
Personal Pronouns I you he she it we they Possessive Adjectives my your his her it our their Possessive Pronouns mine yours his hers its ours theirs

I have got a cat. It's my cat . It's mine. We have got nice house. It's our house. It's ours. She has got a new watch. It's her watch. It's hers. You have got a phone .It's your phone. It's yours .

You can say : a friend of mine, some friends of yours...

I Use possessive adjectives or possessive pronouns in these sentences: Example : The red coat belongs to me. It's my coat. It's mine. 1. That big modern camera belongs to Jim. It's ....................... camera. It's ....................... . 2.The car in front of the house belongs to the Browns. It's .................. car. It's...................... . 3.The watch on the shelf belongs to Betty. It's .................. watch. It's .......................... . 4.This record belongs to us. It's ...................... record. It's ........................ . 5. That bike belongs to you, Mark. It's .................. bike. It's ........................ . II Choose the right word: Is this your / yours book ? It's their / theirs problem, not our / ours . Are these your / yours shoes ? Is this camera your / yours ? That's not my / mine umbrella. My / Mine is yellow. They know our / ours address but we don't know their / theirs. They've got two children but I don't know their / theirs names. III Put in the/ missing possessive pronoun or/ adjective:her / hers is nicer. My Mine room is bigger than her hers, but 1. Is that the Taylors' house? Yes, it's ...................... . 2. This is .................... ball. It belongs to me. 3. Betty has bought that cassette. It's .................... . 4. The bag on the chair is .................... . It belongs to you. 5.Is that Fred's watch ? Yes, it's ................... . 6. That camera belongs to Glen. It's ...................... camera. 7. We live here and we like .................... new home very much. 8. Give the bird ..................... food. 9. We bought thet car a year ago. It's ............................ now. 10. Is that .........................watch, Dad? Of course it's ..................... . 11. The Jacksons have bought thet house.It's .................... house now. 12. Jenny has arrived. I can see ................ bike there.