Possessive Adjectives and Possessive Pronouns

Similarities and differences between possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns

	Possessive adjectives	Possessive pronouns
Similarities	used to show ownership
Differences	Can’t stand alone Stand before nouns My T-shirt is blue.	Stand alone Replace nouns His T-shirt is red while mine is blue.

List of possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns

Subject pronouns	Object pronouns	Adjective pronouns (AP)	Possessive pronouns (PP)
I	Me	My	Mine
You	You	Your	Yours
He	Him	His	His
She	Her	Her	Hers
It	It	Its	Its
We	Us	Our	Ours
They	Them	Their	Theirs

This is my pen. It’s mine.
my: AP; mine: PP
This is his car. It’s his.
his (1): AP; his (2): PP
These are our books. They’re ours.
our: AP, ours: PP
This is her bike. Hers is read and mine is purple.
her: AP; hers: PP, mine: PP

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