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What are p ossessive pronouns?

Grammar Toolkit. Possessive pronouns. What are p ossessive pronouns?. Grammar Toolkit. Possessive pronouns. A possessive pronoun shows ownership or possession. . Hey, the remote control is not yours ! But it’s my turn!. They can take the place of a possessive noun. .

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What are p ossessive pronouns?

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  1. Grammar Toolkit Possessive pronouns What are possessive pronouns?

  2. Grammar Toolkit Possessive pronouns A possessive pronoun shows ownership or possession. Hey, the remote controlis not yours! But it’s myturn! They can take the place of a possessive noun. They can also act like adjectives in front of a noun.

  3. Grammar Toolkit Possessive pronouns Identify the possessive pronouns in each sentence and what they “own”. my mine your ours your yours his hers its their theirs The parents and injury are owned. James showed his parents his latest injury. Yours is the black box on the top shelf. These games are ours. I ate my lunch and Franny ate hers. Sasha and Sandy said the mess was theirs. Put your hand in . his his his his Yours Yours The box is owned. ours ours The games are owned. my hers hers my The lunches are owned. The messis owned. theirs theirs your your mine mine The hands are owned.

  4. Grammar Toolkit Possessive pronouns The possessive pronoun its is often confused with it’s, which means “it is”. Remember: a possessive pronoun never has an apostrophe. Should it be its or it’s in these sentences? The car was stolen and ______windows broken. ______nearly time for dinner! The rhino raised ______weary head from the grass. With______long nose twitching, the rat appeared. ______a pity that ______bedtime already. its It’s its its It’s it’s

  5. Grammar Toolkit Possessive pronouns • A pronoun stands in place of a noun. Possessive pronouns show ownership or possession. • Some possessive pronouns act like adjectives, by modifying nouns. • Possessive pronouns do not have apostrophes. It’smeans “it is” and itsis a possessive pronoun. • In the following sentence, the possessive pronouns are red. The victory might be yours, but the glory is mine.

  6. Grammar Toolkit Possessive pronouns The End

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