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7. You look tired, Rosa. Do want to go home now?

8. We were driving to work when the police stopped .

4.2 Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns

Possessive Noun Possessive
Adjective Pronoun
My mine.
Your yours.
His his.
Her coat is black. This coat is hers.
Its its.
Our ours.
Your yours.
Their theirs.

1. Use a possessive adjective before a noun to show Joe bought his plane ticket yesterday.
that the noun belongs to someone or something. The dog pushed its bowl across the floor.
2. Use a possessive pronoun in place of a You can use my bike. Mine is the blue one.
possessive adjective + a noun.
That’s not your coat. Yours is in the closet.
3. Possessive pronouns can be used as a. A: Where are the bikes?
a. the subject of a verb B: His is outside. Hers is downstairs.
b. the object of a verb b. I found their keys, but I can’t find ours.
c. the object of a preposition c. Our car is nice, but look at theirs.
4. Be careful! Its and it’s sound the same. Its is a The team won its first game.
possessive adjective, and it’s is the contraction of A: Where is your umbrella?
it is or it has.
B: It’s on the table.
5. Be careful! Their, there, and they’re sound the They found their coats.
same. Their is a possessive adjective. There refers There are two coats here.
to a place. They’re is the contraction of they are.
A: Where are the coats?
B: They’re on the chair.

6 Circle the correct word(s) to complete each sentence.

1. A: Is this you / your skateboard?
B: No, it’s not me / mine. I think it belongs to Gary.

2. His / Him car wouldn’t start yesterday, so Carol let him / he use her / hers.

3. We moved here from Ohio last month. Our / Ours new apartment is beautiful!

4. My friends are unhappy because the neighbors’ car is newer than them / theirs.

5. A: Is this bike yours / you?
B: No, my / mine is green. It’s over there.

6. We are going to buy a smaller house. Ours / Our is too big for us now.

7. Frank arrived here first. I parked my car behind theirs / his.

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