1. Possessive Pronouns

2. How do we use Possessive Pronouns? Show possession or ownership. Replace possessive nouns. Can occur before or after nouns. Daniel’s mug is there.His mug is there. Her mug is red. That mug is hers.

3. What are they? Before NounAfter Noun/Standalone My, ourmine, ours Your, youryours, yours His, her, its, theirhis, hers, its, theirs

4. Don’t get confused… PossessiveContraction Its (belongs to it)it’s (it is) Their (belongs to them)they’re (they are) Your (belongs to you)you’re (you are)

5. Replace the underlined word with a possessive pronoun 1.Mary’s mother likes good grades. 2.The blue car is Mr. and Mrs. Brown’s. 3.I use my class’ pencil sharpener when my pencil is too dull. 4.The parents spent the weekend installing the students’ new lockers. 5.The only dog on my side of the street is the Duncan’s. 6.We use 5J’s sweeper the clean up our floor. 7.I think that report card is Mary’s. 8.Two of the sisters’ cars are red.