Bezittelijke voornaamwoorden: My/Mine/Of Mine

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo
• Leerjaar 2

Possessive Pronouns

My / Mine / Of Mine

Mijn / die van mij / van mij

Bezittelijke voornaamwoorden

 possessive pronouns (Bezittelijke voornaamwoorden)

question: (whose, this belongs to whom)

She is my best friend = Ze is mijn beste vriendin

That bike is mine = Die fiets is van mij. 

She is a friend of mine = Ze is een vriendin van mij. 

Grammar: my, mine, of mine

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My / mine / of mine

My --> noun after                                                                        My car

Mine --> noun far away                                          That car was mine            

Of mine --> noun before                                                The car of mine

Bezittelijke voornaamwoorden

Staat er: a, this, that, these, those voor het zelfst. naamwoord

dan gebruik je of mine, of yours, of his, of hers, of ours, of theirs

Voorbeeld:

An uncle of mine had an accident last week.

That friend of yours passed her exam this year.  

Those children of theirs are very annoying. 

This dog of his bit a young child at the playground. 

Let's practise!

Choose the right answer

This is Chris.
He is a nephew ..... (van ons)

1. of ours
2. of yours
3. of mine
4. of theirs

Sheila loves to stay over at ........ (mijn) place

1. of my
2. mine
3. my
4. of mine

..... (Haar) brother passed his driver's exam yesterday.

1. his
2. her
3. of her
4. of his

These kids .......(van hun) make too much noise.

1. their
2. theirs
3. of yours
4. of theirs

Gretha, is this ........ (jouw) book?

1. your
2. yours
3. of yours
4. our

I found it on ........ (onze) couch.

1. her
2. his
3. our
4. your

It is not ...... (mijn) book.

1. mine
2. my
3. your
4. of mine

Open questions

A colleague ...... (van haar) just gave birth to her first child.

She is very happy with ........ (haar) new born child.

The father is also very happy with ....... (zijn) first child.

This baby ...... (van hun) is very cute.

Frederic, is that boy over there family ..... (van jou)?

Yes, that is a cousin .... (van mij).

Whose bike is this?
It is ...... (die van mij)

Who's dog is this?
It is ....... (die van haar).

Do you know whose cat this is?
Yes, it is ........ (hun) cat.

Do you know whose phone this is?
Yes, it is ....... (haar) phone.

Whose pen is this?
It is ....... (die van hem).

He is ..... (mijn) boyfriend. So stay away from him, Kim.

Is he a friend of ....... (van jullie)?

That performance ...... (van jou) is great! I love it.

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