Example of Possessive Pronouns in English

Possessive pronouns in English indicate the possession or belonging of something that has already been spoken of in the sentence, and to which we are referring.

There is a possessive pronoun corresponding to each of the personal pronouns and they are the following:

I - mine (I - mine)

You - yours (you - yours)

He - his (his - his)

She - hers (she - hers)

It - its

We - ours (we, our)

You - yours (you - yours)

They - theirs

Possessive pronouns in English are sometimes confused with possessive adjectives, since they have a very similar correspondence and structure. In terms of their writing, possessive pronouns are written the same as possessive pronouns only by adding a -s at the end of the word, except for the first person singular and for the third person singular in male:

My - mine (my - mine)

Your - yours (you, hers - yours, hers)

His - his (his his - his his)

Her - hers (his hers - hers hers)

It - its (his hers - hers hers)

Our - ours (our - our)

Your - yours

Their - theirs

As for their use, possessive adjectives are written immediately before a noun; while possessive pronouns are written in any part of the sentence and refer to a noun that has already been spoken or that is already known:

Possessive adjective: This is my notebook. (This is me notebook)

Possessive pronoun: This notebook is mine. (this notebook is Own)

Possessive adjective: We are going to our house. (we are going to our home)

Possessive pronoun: The green house is ours. (the green house is our)

Possessive adjective: Outside are three cars. your car is blue, her car is yellow and their car is red. (There are three cars outside. You car is blue, its [hers] car is yellow and its [their] car is red)

Possessive pronoun: Outside are three cars. Yours is blue, hers is yellow and theirs is red. (There are three cars outside. The of yours is blue, the yours [hers] is yellow and the yours [of them] is red)

Example of 10 sentences with possessive pronouns in English:

The magazines have coming. Here’s yours.

The ship is ours.

Candies! Which are mine?

The red phone is hers.

The prizes were trips to different places. Where was theirs?

Take this pen in Steve seat. Is his.

Look out with the dog’s bone. It is its and may be angry if you be near.

I am only yours.

I have three books in my desk. Whom belongs? - The red and the blue are mine, and green is hers.

I love kittens. Ours is brown and black. And yours?