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This
is
etc
This
o
y
is
u
possessives: mine, y o u r s etc This is m i n e .
possessives:

s
r
possessives: mine, yours etc This is mine.
etc
DETERMINER PRONOUN DETERMINER PRONOUN
my coat
price
m m y c o a t mine its price ---
y
its its
your car
your
our
our house
your car yours our house ours
his
chair
his chair his their problem theirs
their
problem
their
his
her book hers
We use mine, yours etc without nouns. Compare:
etc
We use mine, etc without
use
use
We
not
not
(NOT
is
This
This
h
T
is
s
the
the
mine.)
mine.)
is
is
my
my
car?
was
was
That's not my coat. T h i i s is mine. (NOT This is the mine.) is that y o u r r r car? 1 thought yours was a Ford.
u
car?
yours
thought
thought
That's not my coat. This is mine. (NOT This is the mine.) is that your car? 1 thought yours was a Ford.
1
yours
1
a
o
o
that
y
y
a
That's
u
is
is
Their garden is much bigger than ours. (NOT ... ours garden)
(NOT
Their garden is much bigger than ours. (NOT ... ours garden)
Their
much
ours
than
much
bigger
bigger
garden
garden
than
We
We can use the question word whose with or without nouns.
use
We can use the or without
or
that?
is
that
that
is
that?
is
Whose coat is that? Whose is that coat?
a
Whose
o
o
a
c
c
Whose c o a t t t is that? Whose is that coat?
Rewrite the sentences with possessive pronouns.
h
er
!That's my newspaper. !" at's vu#..we.
n
p
s

a
p
e
T
vu
t
my
vu
'
s
my
a
.
w
#
! !
our
house

prefer

our
our
prefer
I
prefer
1 I prefer our house to their house. I prefer our house to
1 1

our
prefer

house
our
our

2 2
looks
Her
2 Her hair looks better than your hair. Her hair
looks
better
hair

looks
hair
hair
our
hair
looks
looks
terrible.
3 Your hair looks terrible.
3 3
looks
Y
4 That dog looks like our dog.
our
our
dog.
car's
car's
That
5 5
5 That car's not her car. .
car
her
her
not
h
coat.
$ This coat isn't my coat.
i
my

isn't
T
my

coat
coat

s
$ $
is
7 7 My is better
7 My cooking is better than his cooking.
your
8 Is this bike your bike?
8 8 Is your bike?
© GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY: the bathroom
Look at the pictures of John and Mary's bathroom, and use the words in the box
a
to make sentences with his, hers or theirs. Use a dictionary if necessary.
a
dictionary
make-up
dryer
dryer

dressing gown hair dryer make-up razor shampoo soap toothbrush

washcloth
toothbrush toothpaste towel washcloth " washcloth
"
"
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was
&4
I.is.
&4
)
(
(
)
The
1 1
1The i s not theirs. 7

2 8
3 9
4 10
5 11
3 3 John's 4 Mary's
4
3 John's
John's
John's
2 2
2 John's
John's

John's
! John's 1 4 John and Mary's
John's
John's
1
and
and

Mary's
! !

$ Mary's

Mary's
9 9
9 Mary's

Mary's
Mary's
and
and
o
h
n
J
10 John and Mary's 11 John and Mary's
10
10

and

and
PERSONAL
190 PERSONAL PRONOUNS; POSSESSIVES
PERSONAL
PRONOUNS;