Pronouns and possessives (Whose is this? It’s mine/yours/hers etc.)

Question 1

I        →    my   →  mine
we    →    our   → ours
you   →   your  →  yours
he     →    his    →  his        
she   →   her    →  hers
they  →   their  →  theirs

Answer 1

It’s my money.    It’s mine.
It’s our money.    It’s ours.
It’s your money.  It’s yours.
It’s his money.     It’s his.
It’s her money.    It’s hers.
It’s their money.  It’s theirs.

Question 2

• We use my/your etc. + NOUM (my hands / your book etc.):
• We use mine/yours etc. WITHOUT a noun:
• You can use his with OR without a noun:

Answer 2

…My HANDS are cold.
…Is this your BOOK?
…Helen gave me her UMBRELLA.
…It’s their PROBLEM, not our PROBLEM.

…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)

…‘Is this his camera or hers?’ ‘It’s his

Question 3

a friend of mine / a friend of his / some friends of yours etc.

Answer 3

…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)

Question 4

Whose … ? Whose phone is this? (= Is it your phone? his phone? my phone? etc.)

You can use whose with OR without a noun

Answer 4

Whose money is this? |
→ It’s mine.
Whose is this? |

Whose shoes are these? |
→ They’re John’s
Whose are these? |