Possessive pronoun vs possessive adjectives

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE AND POSSESSIVE PRONOUN

1. POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES Mine My Ours Our Yours Your His His Hers Her Its Its Theirs Their

2. A possessive pronoun is used without a noun. Examples are : his, hers, yours, theirs, ours, mine etc . POSSESSIVE PRONOUN:

3. Possessive pronouns are a replacement of nouns . Consider the below example – The book next to the window is Rohan’s . Rohan is the noun here. Let us replace the noun with a pronoun – The book next to the window is his .

4. POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS: She has lost her umbrella, so I lent her mine . This is not my book. Is this yours ? The dress I’m wearing is actually hers .

5. POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE : A possessive adjective is always followed by a noun. Examples are : your phone, my brother, his dog etc.

6. Consider the below example – John broke John’s knee while playing football. The second John here is redundant ( Unnecessary ). So – John broke his knee while playing football.

7. POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE :- I borrowed  her  car. I don’t agree with  his  ideas. She introduced  her  brother to us. He needs  my  signature on those papers. She respected  her  parents and accepted their decision.

8. HOMEWORK

9. Underline and identity examples of possessive pronouns and possessive adjectives– The painting that was shown in the end was ours . The ear-rings that our cook found were hers . ·The photo that is lying on the table is yours . The final decision to move out is theirs .

10. 5. Maria and Meeta missed their train. 6. We left our tickets at home. 7. The cat moved its claws in a restless manner. 8. She left her phone number and asked you to contact her. 9. I miss my grandfather very much.

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