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Possessive Pronouns

The document provides an overview of possessive pronouns, explaining their usage in relation to ownership and the antecedent's characteristics such as number, person, and gender. It includes examples of possessive pronouns in sentences and emphasizes the correct forms to avoid common mistakes. Additionally, it offers links for further practice on the topic.

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Possessive Pronouns

The document provides an overview of possessive pronouns, explaining their usage in relation to ownership and the antecedent's characteristics such as number, person, and gender. It includes examples of possessive pronouns in sentences and emphasizes the correct forms to avoid common mistakes. Additionally, it offers links for further practice on the topic.

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PPA1-A2 07

PPA1-A2 07 Possessive pronouns

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 There is / There are

 Parts of the house  Sin restricción de fecha.

3.C Talk about your posses

 Possessive pronouns Possessive Pronouns


 Possessive Adjectives
We use possessive pronouns to refer to a specific
 Prepositions of Place person/people or thing/things (the "antecedent") belonging to a
 Household objects person/people (and sometimes belonging to an animal/animals
or thing/things).
3.D Talk about your city
We use possessive pronouns depending on:
 Places in the City
 Asking and giving dire number: singular (eg: mine) or plural (eg: ours)
 Imperatives person: 1st person (eg: mine), 2nd person (eg: yours) or
 How can I get to...? 3rd person (eg: his)
gender: male (his), female (hers)

Below are the possessive pronouns, followed by some example


 Clases virtuales
sentences. Notice that each possessive pronoun can:
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(/EducacionVirtual/v3 be subject or object
refer to a singular or plural antecedent

number person gender (of "owner") possessive prono


1st male/ female mine

2nd male/ female yours


singular
male his
3rd
female hers

1st male/ female ours

plural 2nd male/ female yours

3rd male/ female/ neuter theirs

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Look at these pictures. Mine is the big one. (subject = My


picture)
I like your flowers. Do you like mine? (object = my flowers)

I looked everywhere for your key. I found John's key but I


couldn't find yours. (object = your key)
My flowers are dying. Yours are lovely. (subject = Your
flowers)

All the essays were good but his was the best. (subject =
his essay)
John found his passport but Mary couldn't find hers.
(object = her passport)
John found his clothes but Mary couldn't find hers. (object
= her clothes)

Here is your car. Ours is over there, where we left it.


(subject = Our car)
Your photos are good. Ours are terrible. (subject = Our
photos)

Each couple's books are colour-coded. Yours are red.


(subject = Your books)
I don't like this family's garden but I like yours. (object =
your garden)

These aren't John and Mary's children. Theirs have black


hair. (subject = Their children)
John and Mary don't like your car. Do you like theirs?
(object = their car)
Notice that the following (with apostrophe [']) do NOT exist:
her's, your's, their's

Do not forget !!!

Use possessive pronouns to talk about


possession
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use possessive pronouns in place of a


possessive adjective + noun. E.g., It's my car. or
It's mine
DO NOT USE "the" with possessive pronouns.

E.g., This is yours. NOT This is the yours.

Let's practice!!!

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