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Grammar: mine, yours, hers, ours, theirs

Mine, Yours, Hers, Ours, Theirs and a Friend of Mine

⏱️ 12-min Quick Lesson

📋 How to use this lesson

For the Teacher:

Run this 12-minute focus session in class or set it for independent practice.

The answers show right after each task.

For the Learner:

Read the 4 easy rules and study the underlined words in each example first.

Complete the 12 quick practice tasks to test what you can remember.

Four Simple Rules

Learn the words that tell who owns something, like when you borrow and lend.

mine, yours, hers: nothing after them

Use mine, yours, his, hers, ours and theirs when you do not say the thing again. They stand alone, so no thing comes after them. Say "mine", or say "my jacket". Do not say "mine jacket".

Say: "The blue scarf is mine, and the grey one is hers."

Do not say: "This is mine jacket."

my scarf or mine

Words like my, your, her, our and their come before a thing: my scarf, our bicycle. Words like theirs or ours take the place of the whole thing: "theirs" means "their bicycle". The word his is the same in both places.

Example: "Our bicycle is old, but theirs is new."

With "his": "He rides his scooter, and the lock is his too."

yours, not your's

Do not put a little mark ' in yours, hers, ours or theirs. Write each one as one word. Say "yours", not "your's". A little mark is only for names, like Anna's scarf.

Say: "This jacket isn't mine, but I think it is yours."

Do not write: "I think it is your's."

a friend of mine, a friend of hers

a friend of mine means one of my friends. After of, use mine, yours, his, hers, ours or theirs. Say "a friend of mine", not "a friend of me" and not "a my friend".

Say: "A neighbour of ours lends us his scooter on Sundays."

Do not say: "A friend of me" or "a my friend."

PRACTICE

12 Practice Tasks

Answer each question using the rules from above.

Part 1: Choose the correct sentence

Read each option and pick the one with no grammar mistakes.

Task 1: Which sentence is correct? (I)

Rule 1

____ This spare scarf is mine ____ This spare scarf is my ____ This spare scarf is mine scarf

Task 2: Which question has the right spelling? (you)

Rule 3

____ Can I borrow that jacket if it is your's ____ Can I borrow that jacket if it is yours ____ Can I borrow that jacket if it is you'rs

Task 3: Which sentence uses the sharing pattern correctly? (we)

Rule 4

____ A group member of ours will keep the promise ____ A group member of us will keep the promise ____ A group member of our will keep the promise

Part 2: Rewrite the sentence

Rewrite each line using a word like mine, yours, or hers instead of my, your, or her.

Task 4: Rewrite the sentence. (she)

Rule 2

Original: That is her bicycle.

Your sentence: ____ (Type your rewritten sentence here...)

Task 5: Rewrite the sentence. (we)

Rule 2

Original: These are our spare helmets.

Your sentence: ____ (Type your rewritten sentence here...)

Task 6: Rewrite the question. (you)

Rule 2

Original: Is this your scooter?

Your question: ____ (Type your rewritten question here...)

Part 3: Fill in the gaps

Type one correct word in each blank using the clue word in brackets.

Task 7: Type the missing word. (she)

Rule 1

I forgot my scarf so Anna offered to share ____ .

Task 8: Type the missing word. (they)

Rule 4

A classmate of ____ wants to join our bicycle group.

Task 9: Type the missing word. (I)

Rule 2

Tom keeps his promise and I will keep ____ .

Part 4: Correct the error in a message

Find the wrong word in the phone message and type only the correct word.

Task 10: Fix the mistake in the message. (spelling)

Rule 3

"Hi Sam! I found a warm jacket on the club sofa. Is this warm jacket your's?"

Correct word: ____

Task 11: Fix the mistake in the message. (he)

Rule 4

"Hello! A friend of him told me to ask for the spare scooter this afternoon."

Correct word: ____

Task 12: Fix the mistake in the message. (adjective)

Rule 1

"You can ride my bicycle today because mine scooter is broken."

Correct word: ____

Possessive Pronouns: Mine, Yours, Hers, Ours, Theirs

Mine, Yours, Hers, Ours, Theirs and a Friend of Mine

📋 How to use this lesson

Four Simple Rules

mine, yours, hers: nothing after them

my scarf or mine

yours, not your's

a friend of mine, a friend of hers

12 Practice Tasks

Part 1: Choose the correct sentence

Part 2: Rewrite the sentence

Part 3: Fill in the gaps

Part 4: Correct the error in a message

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