Ch 24
Possessive Pronouns
mine · yours · his · hers · ours · theirs
Possessive pronouns replace the noun completely. They show possession without needing a noun after them.
mine
belonging to me — That book is mine.
yours
belonging to you — Is this yours?
his
belonging to him — That car is his. (same as adjective)
hers
belonging to her — The blue bag is hers.
ours
belonging to us — That house is ours.
theirs
belonging to them — These keys are theirs.
Subject pronoun
Adjective | Pronoun
you
your book | It is yours.
he
his book | It is his. (same word)
she
her book | It is hers.
they
their book | It is theirs.
"His" is the same in both forms. There is no "its" pronoun — we don't say "It is its" for objects.
Whose + noun?
Whose book is this?
Answer with pronoun
It's mine. / It's hers. / It's theirs.
Answer with apostrophe s
It's Tom's. / It's Maria's.
Don't confuse: whose = possession question. who's = "who is" or "who has".
This book is my.
→
This book is mine.
No noun → use mine
Is this mine book?
→
Is this my book?
Before noun → use my
A friend of me
→
A friend of mine
"of + pronoun" → possessive pronoun
Who's book is this?
→
Whose book is this?
whose ≠ who's
Recap
Pronouns
mine · yours · his · hers · ours · theirs
replace the noun
Adjectives
my · your · his · her · our · their
before a noun
his
same form for adjective and pronoun
his book / it is his
Question
Whose + noun?
Whose pen is this? — Mine.