We use personal pronouns (I, me, he, him, etc.) to replace names or nouns when it is clear what they refer to. We use possessives (my, your, her) when it is not necessary to name the person the thing belongs to. We use personal pronouns to avoid repeating nouns. Mum's calling. She’s …
The possessive adjective does not need to be repeated. Normally we would therefore say: These are my brown, black and white wallets. If for some reason it was important to emphasise that each is 'my' and not, for example, 'her' wallet then you might repeat the possessive adjective, but this would be unusual.
Possessives. We can use possessives to say who things belong to. I've got a pen. My pen is red. We've got a car. Our car is fast. She likes her teachers. How to use them. To say who things belong to, we use: I = my you = your he = his she = her it = its we = our they = their. Possessives go before the noun or the adjective. Did you find your pen?
The possessive adjective goes before the noun or before the noun and adjective. I lost my pen. She played football with her brother. We met our new teacher.
Possessives: pronouns 1. GapFillTyping_MTYxNTc. Level: intermediate. We can use possessive pronouns and nouns after of. We can say: Susan is one of my friends. > Susan is a friend of mine. (NOT Susan is a friend of me.) I am one of Susan's friends. > I am a friend of Susan's. (NOT I am a friend of Susan.) Possessives: pronouns 2. GapFillTyping ...
We use personal pronouns (I, me, he, him, etc.) to replace names or nouns when it is clear what they refer to. We use possessives (my, your, her) when it is ...
We use possessive adjectives: ... That's our house. My car is very old. ... My mother is a doctor. How old is your sister? ... He's broken his arm. She's washing her ...
Subject pronoun Object pronoun Possessive adjective Possessive pronoun I me my mine you you your yours he him his his she her her hers it it its - we us our ours they them their theirs Grammar videos: Personal pronouns and possessives We use personal pronouns to avoid repeating nouns. Mum's calling. She’s in Turkey.
(NOT Is that car your's/her's/our's/their's?) We can use a possessive pronoun instead of a full noun phrase to avoid repeating words: Is that John's car? No, ...
The possessive adjective does not need to be repeated. Normally we would therefore say: These are my brown, black and white wallets. If for some reason it was important to emphasise that each is 'my' and not, for example, 'her' wallet then you might repeat the possessive adjective, but this would be unusual. Best wishes, Peter. The LearnEnglish ...