Possession Flashcards

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possession
(A term us…)
(With no…)
(Pron… and can be used as …)

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A term used in grammar to mean that something belongs to someone or something else.

With nouns we show possession by the use of a possessive apostrophe.

Pronouns change their form and can be used as possessive pronouns and possessive determiners.

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possessive apostrophe

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A possessive apostrophe is used to show that something belongs to someone or something.

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possessive determiner

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Possessive determiners are a possessive form of personal pronouns. They always come before a noun. If the possessive personal pronoun does not need to be followed by a noun, then it is just a normal possessive pronoun.

The possessive determiners are: my, our, her, his, its, your, their.

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possessive pronouns

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Possessive pronouns are a possessive form of personal pronouns. Unlike possessive determiners, they are used on their own in a sentence.

These types of possessive pronouns are: mine, ours, hers, his, its, yours, and theirs.

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