Possessive Pronouns for beginners

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Possessive pronouns show ownership and indicate that something belongs to someone particular. With their help, we can make a possessive phrase shorter.

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"Possessive Pronouns" in English Grammar

What Are Possessive Pronouns?

Possessive pronouns are words that replace nouns and indicate ownership. In other words, they show that something belongs to someone.

English Possessive Pronouns

English possessive pronouns include the following:

Subject Pronouns	Possessive Pronouns
I	Mine
You	Yours
He	His
She	Hers
It	-
We	Ours
You	Yours
They	Theirs

using "hers" as the possessive pronoun

When Do We Use Possessive Pronouns?

We use a possessive pronoun instead of a noun phrase to avoid repetition. Take a look at some examples:

Don't touch that phone. It's not yours! → It's not your phone!

That phone was mine. → That phone was my phone.

The house on the corner is theirs. → The house on the corner is their house.

Whose

We use 'whose' to ask a question about possession.

'Whose birthday is it today?' 'Mine!'

'Whose car is this?' 'It is theirs.'

Reflexive Pronouns

Reflexive Pronouns are used to show that the subject and object of a sentence are exactly the same person or thing or there is a direct connection between them.

Emphatic Pronouns

'Emphatic pronouns' are used to refer to a noun or a pronoun mentioned earlier. So they give more detailed information.

Interrogative Pronouns

There are five interrogative pronouns in English. Each is used to ask a specific question. In this lesson, we will learn more about these pronouns.

Indefinite Pronouns

Indefinite pronouns refer to people or things without saying exactly who or what they are. In this lesson, we will learn more about these pronouns.

Dummy Pronouns

Dummy pronouns function grammatically the same as other pronouns, except they do not refer to a person or thing like normal pronouns do.

Reciprocal Pronouns

When two or more people are doing the same thing and receiving the consequences of that action at the same time we use reciprocal pronouns.

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