Possessive Pronouns / Adjectives

Possessive Pronouns
Possessive pronouns are used in English to avoid
repeating information.
Example:
This pencil is my pencil, not your pencil.
(Sounds repetitive)
This pencil is mine, not yours.
(Mine and yours are possessive pronouns)

 Possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns

sometimes are confusing because most of them are
very similar in form.

Possessive adjective

Possessive Pronouns

My

Mine

Your

Yours

His

His

Her

Hers

Its

Its

Our

Ours

Their

Theirs

Meaning
mine
el mo / la ma
los mos / las mas

ours
el nuestro / la nuestra
los nuestros / las nuestras

yours (familiar)
el tuyo / la tuya
los tuyos / las tuyas

yours (familiar)
el vuestro / la vuestra
los vuestros / las vuestras

his, hers
el suyo / la suya
los suyos / las suyas

theirs
el suyo / la suya
los suyos / las suyas

Describes a
noun

Takes the
place of a
noun

Examples:
My house is big (MY is an adjective, describes the house )
Yours is small (YOURS is a pronoun, takes the place of noun
house)

Another easy way to remember how to use them :

Possessive Pronoun:

Possessive Adjective:
Possessive Adjective

Noun

My cat is small.
Her dog is black.
Their brother plays soccer.

Noun

Possessive Pronoun

The cat is mine.

The black dog is hers.
The car is ours.

Possessive adjectives go before

the noun and possessive
pronouns go after the noun.

Examples
This is my table. >>>> POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE
The table is mine.>>>> POSSESSIVE PRONOUN
Is that your pencil?>>POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE
Is that pencil yours?>>POSSESSIVE PRONOUN

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

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

Excersises: Fill in the blank with the correct

possessive adjective(my, your, his, her, its, our, their)
1. I like (I) ________ boots.
2. She lives with (she)_________ father.

3. I have (you)_____ book.

4. I know (they) ______ cousin.
5. She likes (he)______ shoes.
6. The teacher has (she)_________ homework.
7. I buy (we)_________ coffee every day.

8. He loves (she)_______ apple pie.

9. She wants (I)_________ money.
10. I like (Dave and Tanya) ________ car.

Fill in the blank with the correct

possessive Pronoun
1. I have a dog. That dog is________ !
2. She has a cat. That cat is _______ !
3. We have a car. That car is ____ !
4. They have a bike. That bike is _________ !
5. He has a key. That key is______ !
6. You have a hat. That hat is_________ !