Whose is this?     It's mine/yours/hers etc.
->  mine
I ->  my
we __>  our     ->  ours
you -4  your   ->   yours
he -^   his      -»   his
she ->  her     -»  hers
they ->  their   ->   theirs
It's my money. It's our money. It's your money. It's his money. It's her money. It's their money.
It's mine. It's ours. It's yours. It's his. It's hers. It's theirs.
We use my/your etc. + a noun (my hands / your book ere):
•  My hands are cold.
•  Is this your book?
•  Ann 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 Ann 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 with a friend of his. (not 'a friend of him')
•  Are those people friends of yours? (not 'friends of you')
Whose ... ?
• Whose book is this? (= Is it your book? his book? my book? etc.)
You can use whose with or without a noun:                                         r~~~~~S
° Whose money is this?       1 Whose is this?
• Whose shoes are these? Whose are these?
1   It's mine. They're John's.
my/his/their
ir etc. =*
I/me/my/mine => ^''')*'}■     Ann's camera / my brother's car
EXERCISES
Finish the sentences with mine/yours etc.
1   It's your money. It's .M9.^XP..:..                            5   It's their house. It's......................
2   It's my bag. It's..................................................................       6   They're your books. They're
3   It's our car. It's ..................................................................       7   They're my glasses. They're ..
4   They're her shoes. They're......................................       8  It's his coat. It's...............................
Choose the right word.
1   It's their/fekeifs-problem, not -ew/ours.      their and ours are right
2   This is a nice camera. Is it your/yours?
3   That's not my/mine umbrella. My/Mine is black.
4   Whose books are these? Your/Yours or my/mine?
5   Catherine is going out with her/hers friends this evening.
6   My/Mine room is bigger than her/hers.
7   They've got two children but I don't know their/theirs names.
8   Can we use your washing machine? Our/Ours is broken.
Finish these sentences. Use friend(s) of mine/yours etc.
1   I went to the cinema with a .Š^&M.M$l._
2  They went on holiday with some .jfeífa ..rf..ttleirs.
3   She's going out with a friend......................................................................................................
4   We had dinner with some ............................................................................................................
5   I played tennis with a .......................................................................................................................
6   Tom is going to meet a...................................................................................................................
7   Do you know those people? Are they..............................................................................?
Look at the pictures. What are the people saying?