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Unit
Whose is this?
It s mine/ yours/ hers etc.
( ours )
1 my m ine
we —> our —> ours
you your - > yours
he —> his —> his
she —> her —> hers
they —> their —> theirs
It's m y m oney.
It's our m oney.
It's your m oney.
It's his m oney.
It's her m oney.
It's their m oney.
It's mine.
It's ours.
It's yours.
It's his.
It's hers.
It's theirs.
W e use m y/ your etc. + n ou n (m y hands / your book etc.):
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M y hands are cold.
Is this your book?
Helen gave me her um brella.
It s their problem , not our problem.
W e use m ine/ yours etc. w it ho u t a noun:
Q Is this book m ine or yours? (= m y book or yo ur b o ok)
I didn't have an um brella, so Sarah gave m e hers. (= her um brella)
O It's their problem , not ours. (= not o ur problem )
O W e w ent in our car, and they w ent in theirs. (= their car)
You can use his with or w it h o u t a noun:
Is this his cam era or hers?'
It's his.'
a friend of m ine / a friend of his / som e friends of yours etc.
O I w ent o ut to m eet a friend of mine. (n o t a friend o f m e)
O Tom was in the restaurant w ith a friend of his. ( n o t a friend o f him )
O Are those people friends of yours? (n o t friends o f yo u)
W hose ..?
W hose phone is this? (= Is it yo ur phone? his phone? m y phone? etc.)
You can use w hose w ith or w it ho u t a noun:
W hose m oney is this? 1 I K
7 \ Its m ine. W r f
W hose is this?
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W hose shoes are these? 1 ^ , . ,
\ They re Johns.
W hose are these? J
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