my Vs. mine

[Suthipong]

my and mine
What are they and how to teach them to students.

 

[hermeneuo.com]

My and mine are possessives.

My is a possessive adjective and we use it in front of the noun that it modifies.

Mine is a possessive pronoun and is used instead of a noun.

You could ask the students questions based on the model below:

• This is my cup.
• This is mine. This cup is mine.

• Is this your cup?
• Yes, this is my cup.

• Is this cup yours?
• Yes, this cup is mine.

• Which cup is yours?
• This cup is mine.
• etc.

 

[Suthipong]

Thank you.
"Is this cup yours?" I seldom use it.I'll use it more.

 

[hermeneuo.com]

You're welcome. The possessive pronouns are useful because we can use them even if we don't know the name of thing that we want to talk about.

For example, with a cup, we could simply ask "It this yours?" and the answer would be "yes, it's mine" or "no, it isn't mine."