Possessives in English Grammar

possessives Table

We express possession various ways. First, there are the possessive adjectives and pronouns:

pronounpossessive adjectivepossessive pronoun
Imy mine
you your yours
he his his
she her hers
it its its
we our ours
they their theirs

possessive Adjective Examples

  1. The girl likes her dog.
  2. Tim sees his mother every day.
  3. My friends bring their children to school.
  4. I often forget my homework.
  5. You write in your book in class.

possessive pronoun Examples

  1. The dog she likes is hers.
  2. That book is his.
  3. Those children are theirs.
  4. That homework is mine.
  5. I'll write in my book and you can write in yours.

Notice

His book is his
but
Her book is hers

This is because we can't add an -s to 'his'