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My, your, his, her, our, their before a noun; mine, yours, hers, ours, theirs without one; 's for owners that are nouns.
| before a noun | without a noun | |
|---|---|---|
| + | This is my bag. | This bag is mine. |
| − | This isn't her bag. | This bag isn't hers. |
| ? | Is this your bag? | Is this bag yours? |
I → my / mine · you → your / yours · he → his / his · she → her / hers · we → our / ours · they → their / theirs · Nouns: Anna's bag · children's toys
Put my, your, his, her, our or their before a noun, with no a or the.
my / your / our+ noun
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I'd like coffee, please.
my My goes before the noun, with no the.
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Do you like job?
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They are in garden.
Choose his, her, its or their by the owner, not by the thing owned.
his / her / its / their+ noun
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My parents love garden.
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Maria and Pavlo are showing us new flat.
their Two owners: their.
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Maria is wearing his new dress.
Add 's to the owner: Anna's bag, my brother's car.
owner + 's+ thing
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Anna bag is red.
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phone is on the table.
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That is car.
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Use mine, yours, his, hers, ours or theirs when the noun is left out.
is+ mine / yours / hers
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Is this pen ?
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My phone is old. is new.
Hers No noun follows: hers.
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One word is in the wrong form. Type the correct form.
This is not my phone. It's your.
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That bag isn't mine. It's .
Add 's after irregular plurals (children's) and only an apostrophe after plurals ending in -s (parents').
plural owner+ thing
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This is the room. Five teachers use it.
teachers' Plural ending in -s: apostrophe after the s.
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These are the toys.
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The voices were loud.
men's Irregular plural: men's.
To say one of several, use a / an + noun + of + mine, yours, his, hers, ours or theirs.
a / an + noun+ of+ mine / hers
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Is she a cousin of ?
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She is a friend of my.
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I'm going to dinner with .
a friend of mine A friend of + possessive pronoun.