Identify possessive pronouns

Key Notes:

📖 Some possessive pronouns come before a noun. They are my, your, his, her, its, our, their. These words can also be called possessive adjectives.

  • That is Tasha’s car.
  • That is her car.


📖 Some possessive pronouns appear without a noun. They are mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs.

  • That is Tasha’s car.
  • That is hers.

Learn with an example

1)Select the possessive pronoun.

Lucas likes going out with his friends.

  • The possessive pronoun is his. It takes the place of Lucas’s. It shows that the friends belong to Lucas.
    • Lucas likes going out with Lucas’s friends.
    • Lucas likes going out with his friends.

2)Select the possessive pronoun.
All of my birthday cake is gone!

  • The possessive pronoun is my. It is the possessive form of I. It shows that the cake belongs to me.
  • All of my birthday cake is gone!

3)Select the possessive pronoun.
My dad plays the guitar beautifully.

  • The possessive pronoun is my. It is the possessive form of I. It shows that the dad belongs to me.
  • My dad plays the guitar beautifully.

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