Possessive Pronouns
Possessive pronouns show ownership, they tell us who owns an object or tells us the relationship between
- people or
- a person and an animal or object.
- two things
Example: The pen is his.
The pronoun ‘his’ tells us the relationship between the object ‘pen’ and the person.
Example: That drink is yours.
Example: The school is theirs.
The pronoun ‘yours’ tells us the relationship between the person ‘you’ and the object ‘drink’.
Note: When a pronoun modifies a noun, it becomes a possessive adjective.
Example: This is my mother.
In this sentence, the pronoun ‘my’ modifies the noun ‘mother’ and is therefore a possessive adjective rather than a possessive adjective.
Although both the possessive adjective and possessive pronoun show ownership, possessive pronouns do not modify nouns; instead, they replace the noun in the sentence.