Write each pronoun and tell whether it is a personal or possessive

Question

1. Bernstein and Robbins convinced the songwriter Stephen Sondheim and the writer Arthur Laurens to work with them.

 

2. At first, L aurents intended to follow shakespeare's plot in Romeo and Juliet in every respect, but he later changed his mind

 

3. The ending of west side story is slightly different from the ending of the famous tragedy on which it is based.

 

4. Like Romeo and Juliet , the modern play has a bitter feud and an unlikely romance at the center of its plot

Answer 1

1. them personal

2. he personal, his possessive

3. it personal

4. its possessive

 

Here are the complete sets of personal and possessive pronouns in English:

 

personal pronouns

 

first person singular: I me

second person singular: you

third person singular: he him she her it

first person plural: we us

second person plural: you

third person plural: they them

 

possessive pronouns

first person singular: my mine
second person singular: your yours
third person singular: his her hers its
first person plural: our ours
second person plural: your yours
third person plural: their theirs

Note: The pronouns my, your, his, her, its, our and their are often called possessive adjectives to distinguish their form and use from mine, yours, hers, ours and theirs which are used in the same ways as personal pronouns (his and its belong to both classes), e.g.

 

I sold my/*mine car, but they still have theirs/*their.