Author: James Rumford Genre: Biography Big Question: How can knowing another language create understanding?
Grammar Possessive Pronouns
Possessive Pronouns Jean-Francois studied hieroglyphs and learned their secrets. The word their is a possessive pronoun. It is used in place of the possessive noun hieroglyphs.
Pronouns and Antecedents Possessive pronouns show who or what owns, or possesses, something. My, mine, your, yours, her, hers, his, its, our, ours, their, and theirs are possessive pronouns.
Pronouns and Antecedents Use my, your, her, our, and their before nouns. I study at my desk. Claire read her book. Experts shared their discoveries.
Pronouns and Antecedents Use mine, yours, hers, ours, and theirs alone. The desk is mine. The book was hers. The discoveries were theirs.
Pronouns and Antecedents His and its can be used both before nouns and alone. Jean-Francois did his work. The work was his. The Egyptian alphabet revealed its secrets. The secrets were its.
Pronouns and Antecedents Do not use an apostrophe with a possessive pronoun.
Pronouns and Antecedents Find the possessive pronoun in each sentence. Ancient Egyptians left many samples of their writing. their The Egyptian alphabet was very different from ours. ours
Pronouns and Antecedents Find the possessive pronoun in each sentence. Some of its letters were pictures of animals. its Jean-Francois concentrated on his work for years. his
Pronouns and Antecedents Find the possessive pronoun in each sentence. I have written about him in my research paper. my
Pronouns and Antecedents Choose the correct possessive pronoun in ( ). (Our, Ours) class is studying ancient Egypt. Our Maria told us about hieroglyphs in (her, hers) oral report. her
Pronouns and Antecedents Choose the correct possessive pronoun in ( ). Julio and Pam made a model of the Rosetta Stone for (their, theirs) presentation. their I wrote about Jean-Francois Champollion for (my, mine). mine
Pronouns and Antecedents Choose the correct possessive pronoun in ( ). What will you do for (you, yours)? yours