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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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