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Use subject pronouns as the subject of a verb and possessive adjectives before nouns to show who something belongs to.
Overview
Use subject pronouns as the subject of a verb and possessive adjectives before nouns to show who something belongs to.
Form and rules
Subject pronouns are I, you, he, she, it, we, and they.
Use he for a male person, she for a female person, it for a thing or animal when gender is not being specified, and they for plural people or things.
Possessive adjectives are my, your, his, her, its, our, and their.
A possessive adjective must be followed by a noun: my phone, their house.
Do not use an article together with a possessive adjective: my car, not the my car.
A closer look
Subject pronouns replace the person or thing doing the verb: I, you, he, she, it, we, they. Possessive adjectives show who something belongs to: my, your, his, her, its, our, their.
A possessive adjective must be followed by a noun. Do not use a subject pronoun before a noun to show possession.
Examples
She is my sister.
He works with his father.
We love our school.
The dog is eating its food.
They live with their parents.
Common mistakes
Use the possessive adjective her before a noun.
Use the subject pronoun we as the subject of the verb.
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The test combines multiple choice, gap completion, error correction, and sentence building so students have to recognise and produce the grammar, not simply reread the rule.