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objects of prepositions.e.g. Please give the book to me.We have heard a great deal about yo u.They went with him.I bought a present for her.He walked across it.The cake was made by us.Here is a letter from them.In the preceding examples, the underlined pronouns are the objects of the prepositionsto, about, with, for, across, by and from .See Exercises 9 and 10.5. Possessive personal pronounsEach of the personal pronouns has forms which indicate possession. For instance, in thefollowing sentences, the underlined words are the possessive forms of personalpronouns.e.g. This is yo ur book.This book is yours.His apartment is large, but mine is small.Their marks are higher than ours.The subjective, objective and possessive forms of the English personal pronouns areshown in the following table.Subjective Objective Possessive Form used Possessive Form usedCase Case before a Noun Indel!endentl:t:I me my mineyou you your yourshe him his hisshe her her hersit it its [its]we us our oursthey them their theirsa. Possessive adjectivesAs shown in the preceding table, the personal pronouns have two possessive forms. Oneform shows possession by preceding a noun. A personal pronoun in this form may bereferred to as a possessive adjective, since, like an adjective, it describes the thing towhich the noun refers.In the following sentences, the possessive adjectives are underlined.e.g. MY.. bicycle is new.Does yo ur uncle play hockey?His answer was correct.Her father is not here.