Unit
61 Whose is this? It’s mine/yours/hers etc.
A
mine ours yours his hers theirs
I → my → mine It’s my money. It’s mine.
we → our → ours It’s our money. It’s ours.
you → your → yours It’s your money. It’s yours.
he → his → his It’s his money. It’s his.
she → her → hers It’s her money. It’s hers.
they → their → theirs It’s their money. It’s theirs.
B We use my/your etc. + noun (my hands / your book etc.):
My hands are cold.
Is this your book?
Helen 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 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)
You can use his with or without a noun:
‘Is this his camera or hers?’ ‘It’s his.’
C 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 in the restaurant with a friend of his. (not a friend of him)
Are those people friends of yours? (not friends of you)
D Whose … ?
Whose phone
Whose phone is this? (= Is it your phone? his phone? my phone? etc.) is this?
You can use whose with or without a noun:
Whose money is this?
It’s mine.
Whose is this?
Whose shoes are these?
!ey’re John’s.
Whose are these?
my/his/their etc. ➜ Unit 60 I/me/my/mine ➜ Unit 62 Kate’s camera / my brother’s car ➜ Unit 64
Exercises Unit
Complete the sentences with mine/yours etc.
61
1 It’s your money. It’s yours . 5 It’s their house. It’s .
2 It’s my bag. It’s . 6 !ey’re your books. !ey’re .
3 It’s our car. It’s . 7 !ey’re my glasses. !ey’re .
4 !ey’re her shoes. !ey’re . 8 It’s his coat. It’s .
Choose the right word.
1 It’s their/ theirs problem, not our /ours. (their and ours are right)
2 !is is a nice camera. Is it your/yours?
3 !at’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 !ey have two children, but I don’t know their/theirs names.
8 Can we use your washing machine? Our/Ours isn’t working.
Complete these sentences. Use friend(s) of mine/yours etc.
1 I went to the cinema with a friend of mine .
2 !ey went on holiday with some friends of theirs .
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?
1 2
Whose car It’s theirs.
is this?
is this? It’s
3 4
!ey
these?
5 6
money
?