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There are three types of persons:

I, me (singular)
First Person
we, us (plural)

you (singular)
Second Person
you (plural)

he, him, she, her, it (singular)
Third Person
they, them (plural)

The fi rst person means the person or people speaking.

The second person means the person spoken to.
The third person means the person spoken of.

Possessive Pronouns

The possessive pronouns stand for people or things who own something.

Read the following sentences.

This bag is mine. That pen is yours.
 
Those books are ours. These crayons are theirs.
 
The doll is hers. The car is his.
 

In the above sentences, the words mine, yours, ours, theirs, hers and his are possessive
pronouns. We use yours for both one and more than one person. In these sentences,
there are also demonstra� ve pronouns such as this, that, these, etc. about which we
studied in the previous classes.

Open Sesame

Pronouns Possessive Refl exive
Pronouns 2 Person Pronouns Pronouns Adjec� ves Pronouns Pronouns
Subject
Possessive
Object

I
Me
Mine
Myself
1 Person
My
st
Yourself
You
Yours
Your
You
nd
3 Person
rd
(Male) He Him His His Himself
3 Person She Her Her Hers Herself
rd
(Female)
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