# Possessive Pronouns: Rules and Examples | SwaVid

Possessive pronouns: Possessive words show who owns something. Rules, examples and a free quick check for Class 6 to 12.

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# Possessive pronouns: rules and examples

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Short answer. Possessive words show who owns something. My, your, her, our and their go before a noun. Mine, yours, hers, ours and theirs stand alone, with no noun after them.

1 . Choose the right word. That cap is not ___. It belongs to Rohan.

2 . Which sentence is correct?

Possessive words show who owns something. My, your, her, our and their go before a noun. Mine, yours, hers, ours and theirs stand alone, with no noun after them.

Wrong: That bag is my. Right: That bag is mine. (Standing alone)

A noun follows? Use my, your, her, our, their. Nothing follows? Use mine, yours, hers, ours, theirs.

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All the topics in this chapter, one rule at a time.

- A noun follows . If a noun comes right after the gap, use my, your, her, our or their. They tell whose noun it is.
- Standing alone . If no noun follows, use mine, yours, hers, ours or theirs. They stand for the owned thing.
- His, its and look-alikes . His is the same both ways: his cap, the cap is his. Its only goes before a noun. Do not mix these up with you're, they're and we're, which mean you are, they are and we are.
- A noun follows? Use my, your, her, our, their. Nothing follows? Use mine, yours, hers, ours, theirs.
- That bag is my. → That bag is mine. Standing alone

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