Whose and Possessive Pronouns Review

Use whose to ask who owns something.

Examples

• Whose coat is this? It's mine.

Key rules

• Whose asks who owns something (Whose coat is this?)
• Possessive pronouns: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs
• They replace a possessive adjective plus noun (It's mine, not my)
• Whose is not the same as who's (who is)

Common mistakes

• Who's coat is this? → Whose coat is this?
• This is my → This is mine