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Possessive Adjectives & Pronouns
Possessive Adjectives:
| Person | Singular | Plural |
| 1 | my | our |
| 2 | your | your |
| 3 | his/her/its | their |
Example:
- my book
- your story
- his leg
- its tail
- our house
Possessive Pronouns:
| Person | Singular | Plural |
| 1 | mine | ours |
| 2 | yours | yours |
| 3 | his/hers/its | theirs |
Example:
- That book is mine.
- That house is ours.
- That ball is its.
Personal Pronouns, Objective Case
| Person | Singular | Plural |
| 1 | me | us |
| 2 | you | you |
| 3 | him/her/it | them |
Example:
- He saw me yesterday.
- We saw them on Saturday.
Personal Pronouns, Nominative Case (subject)
| Person | Singular | Plural |
| 1 | I | We |
| 2 | you | you |
| 3 | he/she/it | they |
Example:
- He saw me yesterday.
- We saw them on Saturday.
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The information provided in this blog post is similar to the types of things we include in our 6-week reading and writing online course.
In our 6-week course, we provide participants with a series of workbooks that aim to improve their reading and writing skills. We provide definitions
and examples of how these words are correctly used in English. We mark all participant’s workbooks individually and return them to you with feedback and comments. To learn more about our 6-week online course, click here.
Our next round commences on Friday, 04 June 2021.