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Page 1: POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS. A possessive pronoun is a pronoun that shows who or what has something. A possessive pronoun may take the place of a possessive noun

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Page 2: POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS. A possessive pronoun is a pronoun that shows who or what has something. A possessive pronoun may take the place of a possessive noun

POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS A possessive

pronoun is a pronoun that shows who or what has something. A possessive pronoun may take the place of a possessive noun.

Read the following sentences. Notice the

possessive nouns and the possessive pronouns that

replace them.

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Page 3: POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS. A possessive pronoun is a pronoun that shows who or what has something. A possessive pronoun may take the place of a possessive noun

POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

Homer’s story is famous. His story is famous.

This story is Homer’s. This story is his.

Possessive nouns are in green. Possessive pronouns are in red.

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Page 4: POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS. A possessive pronoun is a pronoun that shows who or what has something. A possessive pronoun may take the place of a possessive noun

POSSESSIVE PRONOUNSPossessive pronouns have two forms.

One form is used before a noun. The other form is used alone.

ours

yours

theirs

mine

yours

his, hers, its

Used

alone

our

your

their

my

your

his, her, its

Used before nouns

PluralSingular

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Page 5: POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS. A possessive pronoun is a pronoun that shows who or what has something. A possessive pronoun may take the place of a possessive noun

POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS• Possessive pronouns are not

written with apostrophes. The pronoun its, for example, shows possession. The word it’s, on the other hand, is a contraction of it is. Read the following sentences. Notice the meaning of the words in red type.

Its central character is Odysseus. (possessive pronoun)

It’s about the adventures of Odysseus. (contraction of It is)