[Essential Grammar in Use] Unit 61 - Whose is this? It's mine/yours/hers etc.

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• [[Essential Grammar in Use] Unit 61 - Whose is this? It's mine/yours/hers etc.]

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Essential Grammar in Use with Answers and Interactive eBook 4/E

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

subject	possessives	possessive pronouns	possessives sentences	possessive pronouns sentences
I	my	mine	It's my money.	It's mine.
we	our	ours	It's our money.	It's ours.
you	your	yours	It's your money.	It's yours.
he	his	his	It's his money.	It's his.
she	her	hers	It's her money.	It's hers.
they	their	theirs	It's their money.	It's theirs.

We use my/your etc. + noun (my hands / your book etc.):

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

We use mine/yours etc. without a noun:

• Is this book mine or yours? (= my book or your book)
• I didn't have an umbrella, so Sarah 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.'

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 in the restaurant with a friend of his. (not a friend of him)
• Are those people friends of yours? (not friends of you)

Whose..?

• Whose phone is this? (= Is it your phone? his phone? my phone? 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.

Exercises

61.1 Complete the sentences with mine/yours etc.

• It's your money. It's (yours).
• It's my bag. It's (mine).
• They're her shoes. They're (hers).
• It's their house. It's (theirs).
• It's his coat. It's (his).

61.2 Choose the right word.

• It's their/theirs problem, not our/ours. (their, ours)
• That's not my/mine umbrella. My/Mine is black. (my, Mine)
• My/Mine room is bigger than her/hers. (My, hers)
• They have two children, but I don't know their/theirs names. (their)
• Can we use your washing machine? Our/Ours isn't working. (Ours)

61.3 Complete these sentences. Use friend(s) of mine/yours etc.

• I went to the cinema with a (friend of mine).
• They went on holiday with some (friends of theirs).
• She's going out with a (friend of hers).
• Tom is going to meet a (friend of his).
• Do you know those people? Are they (friends of yours).