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Possession POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

Possessive pronouns can also be used to explain who owns something. Unlike
possessive determiners, they replace the noun they are showing possession of.
Possessive determiners, possessive pronouns, apostrophe See also:
with “s,” and the verbs “have” and “have got” are all used Forming questions 34 Verb patterns with The determiner comes
to express possession in English. objects 53 “This / that / these / those” 65 before the noun.

POSSESSIVE DETERMINERS
Possessive determiners are used before a noun to show who it
belongs to. They change form depending on whether the owner
is singular, plural, male, or female.

The noun comes The possessive pronoun is used
before the verb. after the verb. It replaces “my car.”

I own the cat. The rabbit belongs
to you.

HOW TO FORM

The dog belongs The parrot belongs DETERMINERS
to a woman. to a man.

PRONOUNS
We are They are
her parents. his parents.

HOW TO FORM FURTHER EXAMPLES

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