Unit 55. Whose is this? It’s mine.

I -> my -> mine
we -> our -> ours
you -> 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.

my/our/your/her/their + a noun (my hands/your book etc.):

- My hands are cold.
- Is this your book?
- Ann gave me her umbrella.
- It's their problem, not our problem.

mine/ours/yours/hers/theirs without a noun:

- These books are mine but this newspaper is yours. (= your newspaper)
- I didn't have an umbrella, so Ann gave me hers. (= her umbrella)
- It's their problem, not ours. (= our problem)
- ‘Is that their car?’ ‘No, theirs is green.’ (= their car)

his with or without a noun:

- Is this his camera?
- It's a nice camera. Is it his?

We say: 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’)
- 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:

Whose money is this? Whose is this?		It's mine.
Whose shoes are these? Whose are these?		They're John's.

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