A Possessive Pronoun is used to show the thing which the noun possesses
e.g. MINE, OURS , HIS , HERS , YOURS etc.
Singular Plural
The cakes are mine. The cakes are ours.
The cakes are yours. The cakes are yours.
The calkes are his. The cakes are theirs.
The cakes are hers. The cakes are theirs.
The cakes are its. The cakes are theirs.
Possessive Adjestives are used with nouns and do the word of Adjectives.
Singular Plural
These are my cakes. These are our cakes.
These are your cakes. These are your cakes.
These are his cakes. These are their cakes.
These are her cakes. These are their cakes.
These are its cakes. These are teir cakes.
Table Showing Different Forms of the Personal Pronouns and their Corres-ponding Possessive Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives.
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Personal Pronoun Subjective Case
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Possessive Adjestive |
Personal Pronoun Objective Case |
Possessive Pronoun |
Reflexive Pronoun |
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I
You
He
She
It
We
YOu
They
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my
your
his
her
its
our
your
their
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me
you
him
her
it
us
you
them
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mine
yours
his
hers
its
ours
yours
theirs
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myself
yourself
himself
herself
itself
ourselves
yourselves
themselves
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Study the following:
( a ) I have a book.
It belongs to me.
It is my book.
It is mine.
( b ) You have a book.
It belongs to you.
It is your book.
It is yours.
( c ) He has a book.
It belongs to him.
It is his book.
It is his.
( d ) She has a book.
It belongs to her.
It is her book.
It is hers.
( e ) We have a book.
It belongs to us.
It is our book.
It is ours.
( f ) They have a book.
It belongs to them.
It is their book.
It is theirs.
( g ) It has a all.
It belongs to it.
It is its tail.
It is its.
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