Possessive Pronouns - 6th Grade Grammar
Possessive Pronouns
A possessive pronoun shows who or what owns something.
That’s her key chain.
That’s her key chain.
What is your homework for tonight?
That is her jacket.
Mark said this is his backpack.
Is this your project?
My, your, her, his, its, our, and their come before nouns.
Makayla accidently dropped her coins in the dark theater.
If you forget to bring markers, you may borrow my markers.
These are our papers.
I found my homework on the table.
Stand-Alone Possessive Pronouns
Some possessive pronouns can stand alone and are used in place of nouns. These possessive pronouns are mine, yours, his, hers, ours, and theirs.
That key chain is hers.
That book is hers.
If you forget to bring markers, you may borrow mine.
The notebook is mine.
The project is theirs.
These papers are ours.
Most possessive pronouns that can stand on their own are different from possessives that precede nouns.
My becomes mine, your becomes yours, her becomes hers, our becomes ours, and their becomes theirs. His stays the same.
My becomes mine, your becomes yours, her becomes hers, our becomes ours, and their becomes theirs. His stays the same.
That is her jacket.
That jacket is hers.
Mark said this is his backpack.
Mark said this is his.
Is this your project?
Is this project yours?
The huge poster belongs to Abigail and Mark.
The huge poster is theirs.
If you forget to bring markers, you may borrow my markers.
If you forget to bring markers, you may borrow mine.
These are our papers.
These papers are ours.
I found my homework on the table.
I found mine on the table.
Possessive Pronouns Activity
Select the correct possessive pronoun.