10 examples of possessive pronoun in English Grammar
Pronoun is that parts of speech which is used in place of nouns as subject of a sentence. Pronouns are used to avoid the repetitive usage of same nouns. Possessive pronoun means the ownership or possession of someone or something. Possessive pronouns are used for avoiding the use of repetitive noun phrase. This pronoun clearly indicates if someone or something belongs to another person. Possessive pronouns can replace both nouns and noun phrases. Some common examples of possessive pronouns are his, hers, its, theirs, yours, mine, ours etc. possessive pronouns are mostly used for showing relationship and belonging of something.
Students must know about the rules of using possessive nouns at proper places. Possessive pronouns are mostly placed at the end of a sentence. It does not take apostrophe whereas possessive nouns are used by adding ‘s’ with the nouns. Possessive pronouns are transformed in particular ways from personal pronouns. Students can identify possessive pronouns clearly after learning the transformation from personal pronoun to possessive pronoun.
Personal pronoun |
Possessive pronoun |
I | Mine |
He | His |
She | Hers |
It | Its |
They | Theirs |
You | yours |
Examples:
- The colour pencil set of yours is still with me.
- That colourful bag is mine.
- I don’t want to use books which are hers.
- Rahul promised me to help me with his reference books.
- They are very much aware of protecting the wealth of theirs.
- I will take all the books from you today which are mine.
- The dog took its toys from the store room.
- Take care of the possessions which are yours.
- That old mansion is belonged to his.
- I would love to focus on things which are mine.
All the highlighted words mentioned in the above sentences are examples of possessive pronouns.