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Unit 61 · Pronouns and possessives

Whose is this? It's mine/yours/hers etc.

Study

A
I → my → mine
we → our → ours
you → your → yours
he → his → his
she → her → hers
they → their → theirs
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It's my money. It's mine.

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It's our money. It's ours.

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It's your money. It's yours.

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It's his money. It's his.

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It's her money. It's hers.

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It's their money. It's theirs.

B

We use my/your etc. + noun (my hands / your book etc.):

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My hands are cold.

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Is this your book?

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Helen gave me her umbrella.

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It's their problem, not our problem.

We use mine/yours etc. without a noun:

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Is this book mine or yours? (= my book or your book)

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I didn't have an umbrella, so Sarah gave me hers. (= her umbrella)

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It's their problem, not ours. (= not our problem)

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We went in our car, and they went in theirs. (= their car)

You can use his with or without a noun:

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'Is this his camera or hers?' 'It's his.'

C

a friend of mine / a friend of his / some friends of yours etc.

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I went out to meet a friend of mine. (not a friend of me)

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Tom was in the restaurant with a friend of his. (not a friend of him)

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Are those people friends of yours? (not friends of you)

D

Whose ...?

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Whose phone is this? (= Is it your phone? his phone? my phone? etc.)

You can use whose with or without a noun:

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Whose money is this? It's mine.

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Whose is this?

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Whose shoes are these? They're John's.

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Whose are these?

Exercises (4)

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61.1

Complete the sentences with mine/yours etc.

  1. 1
    It's your money. It's .example
  2. 2
    It's my bag. It's .
  3. 3
    It's our car. It's .
  4. 4
    They're her shoes. They're .
  5. 5
    It's their house. It's .
  6. 6
    They're your books. They're .
  7. 7
    They're my glasses. They're .
  8. 8
    It's his coat. It's .
61.2

Choose the right word.

  1. 1
    It's / problem, not /.example
  2. 2
    This is a nice camera. Is it /?
  3. 3
    That's not / umbrella. / is black.
  4. 4
    Whose books are these? / or /?
  5. 5
    Catherine is going out with / friends this evening.
  6. 6
    / room is bigger than /.
  7. 7
    They've got two children, but I don't know / names.
  8. 8
    Can we use your washing machine? / isn't working.
61.3

Complete these sentences. Use friend(s) of mine/yours etc.

  1. 1
    I went to the cinema with a .example
  2. 2
    They went on holiday with some .
  3. 3
    She's going out with a .
  4. 4
    We had dinner with some .
  5. 5
    I played tennis with a .
  6. 6
    Tom is going to meet a .
  7. 7
    Do you know those people? Are they ?
61.4

Look at the pictures. What are the people saying?

  1. 1Two people standing by their car.
    Whose car is this? It's .example
  2. 2A woman showing the camera is hers.
    Whose camera is this? It's .
  3. 3A person claiming a pair of gloves as their own.
    Whose gloves are these? They're .
  4. 4A man showing the hat is his.
    Whose hat is this? It's .
  5. 5Money being returned to its owner.
    Whose money is this? It's .
  6. 6Two people with their bags.
    Whose bags are these? They're .