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Read these sentences.

                        y This book is mine.           y That desk is yours.          y Those shoes are his.

             The words mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs and its show possession or tell us that
             something belongs to someone.




                        Pronouns that show possession are called possessive pronouns.





                          Person/Number                        Subject           Object           Possessive
                                                              pronoun           pronoun             pronoun

                 first person singular                       I                 me               mine

                 second person singular                      you               you              yours

                 third person singular, male                 he                him              his


                 third person singular, female               she               her              hers

                 third person singular, thing                it                it               its

                 first person plural                         we                us               ours

                 second person plural                        you               you              yours


                 third person plural, male

                 third person plural, female                 they              them             theirs

                 third person plural, thing



             B.   Fill in the blanks with the correct possessive pronouns. The clues in the brackets
                  will help you.

                  1.  This bouquet is                    (he).

                  2.  This umbrella is                    (she).

                  3.  Those marbles are                     (they).


                  4.  This pen is                   (I) and the one on the table is                    (you).

                  5.  The blue car is                   (they). The red one is                    (our).

                  6.  We can’t eat these chocolates. They are                        (he).



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