Unit 60

Whose is this? It's mine/yours/hers etc.

Grammar
Examples
Exercises

A. mine / yours / his / hers / ours / theirs

I
mine
we
ours
you
yours
he
his
she
hers
they
theirs
I → mymineIt's my money. → It's mine.
we → ouroursIt's our money. → It's ours.
you → youryoursIt's your money. → It's yours.
he → hishisIt's his money. → It's his.
she → herhersIt's her money. → It's hers.
they → theirtheirsIt's their money. → It's theirs.

B. my/your etc. + noun

  • My hands are cold.
  • Is this your book?
  • Ann gave me her umbrella.
  • It's their problem, not our problem.

We use mine/yours etc. without a noun:

  • Is this book my book or your book?
  • I didn't have an umbrella, so Ann gave me hers. (= her umbrella)
  • It's their problem, not ours. (= not our problem)
  • We went in our car and they went in theirs. (= their car)

You can use his with or without a noun:

  • 'Is this his camera or hers?' 'It's his.'

C. a friend of mine / a friend of his / some friends of yours etc.

  • I went out to meet a friend of mine. (not 'a friend of me')
  • Tom was with a friend of his. (not 'a friend of him')
  • Are those people friends of yours? (not 'friends of you')

D. Whose ...?

  • Whose book is this? (= Is it your book? his book? my book? etc.)

You can use whose ...? with or without a noun:

  • Whose money is this?
  • Whose is this? It's mine.
  • Whose shoes are these?
  • Whose are these? They're John's.

Possessive Pronouns

  • It's my money. → It's mine.
  • It's your money. → It's yours.
  • It's his money. → It's his.
  • It's her money. → It's hers.
  • It's our money. → It's ours.
  • It's their money. → It's theirs.

With/Without Noun

  • Is this your book? → Is this book yours?
  • I didn't have an umbrella, so Ann gave me hers.
  • We went in our car and they went in theirs.

Friends of ...

  • a friend of mine
  • a friend of his
  • friends of yours

Whose ...?

  • Whose is this? It's mine.
  • Whose shoes are these? They're John's.
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60.1 Finish the sentences with mine/yours etc.
1. It's your money. It's yours.
2. It's my bag. It's .
3. It's our car. It's .
4. They're her shoes. They're .
5. It's their house. It's .
6. They're your books. They're .
7. They're my glasses. They're .
8. It's his coat. It's .
60.2 Choose the right word.
1. It's their/theirs problem, not our/ours.
2. This is a nice camera. Is it your/yours?
3. That's not my/mine umbrella. My/Mine is black.
4. Whose books are these? your/yours or my/mine?
5. Catherine is going out with her/hers friends this evening.
6. My/Mine room is bigger than her/hers.
7. They've got two children but I don't know their/theirs names.
8. Can we use your washing machine? Our/Ours is broken.
60.3 Finish these sentences. Use friend(s) of mine/yours etc.
1. I went to the cinema with a friend of mine.
2. They went on holiday with .
3. She's going out with .
4. We had dinner with .
5. I played tennis with .
6. Tom is going to meet .
7. Do you know those people? Are they ?
60.4 Look at the pictures. What are the people saying?
Whose car is this?
It's theirs.
1. ? .
2. ? .
3. ? .
4. ? .
5. ? .
6. ? .