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 take the place of nouns and show ownership. In other words, they show that something belongs to someone.

English Possessive Pronouns

Let us get to know the possessive pronouns:

Possessive Determiners	Possessive Pronouns
My	Mine
Your	Yours
His	His
Her	Hers
Our	Ours
Their	Theirs

using "hers" as the possessive pronoun

When Do We Use Possessive Pronouns?

We use a possessive pronoun instead of a complete noun phrase to avoid repeating words. 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.'

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.

Impersonal Pronouns

An impersonal pronoun does not refer to a specific person or thing. These pronouns help us talk about a thing or person without mentioning what or who that is.

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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