Possessive Adjectives and Possessive Pronouns: My, Mine, Your, Yours
This video contrasts possessive adjectives with possessive pronouns. Viewers can learn the differences between the possessives and how they are placed in sentences. Possessive adjectives: my, your (1), his, her, your (2), our, their Possessive pronouns: mine, yours (1), his, hers, yours (2), ours, theirs Your, yours appears twice, one for singular use and one for plural use. Possessive adjectives show that something belongs to someone as well as modifying the noun or object; That is a (book). , That is (my book). Possessive adjectives are placed in front of the noun or object in sentences; This is (her) book. Possessive pronouns show that something belongs to someone; That is a bag. , That (bag) is (yours). Possessive pronouns are not followed by the object; That (bag) is yours. In the example sentences in the video, the possessive adjectives and pronouns follow the verb be; This (is our) classroom. That classroom(is ours). Than
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