Possessive adjectives and pronouns

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Definition:• Possessive adjectives: Possessive adjectives are determiners or pronouns that

modify a noun by attributing possession.

Examples:

• That is my car.

• This is your car.

• This is her notebook.

• This is his pencil.

• These are their seats.

• Possessive pronouns: Possessive pronouns replaces a noun or

another pronoun. They are used to make a sentences less repetitive.

Examples:• That car is mine.

• The book is his.

• The seats are ours.

• The notebook is hers.

Examples: Adjectives and possessive adjectives…

• The first sentence is written with adjectives:

• Angela has long, straight, dark hair.

• This second sentence has possessive adjectives:

• My sister left her cell phone inside our dad’s car.

Examples: Nouns and pronouns…

• Consider this first sentence that is written with nouns and pronouns:

• Mary was very excited when the famous singer, Ricky Martin gave her a kiss when she was at his concert.

• This second sentence is written only with nouns:

• Mary was very excited when the famous singer, Ricky Martin gave Mary a kiss when Mary was at Ricky Martin’s concert.

Categories:

Category Pronouns Example

Possessive adjectives

my, your, his, her, its, our, their.

My pink jacket.

Possessive pronouns

mine, yours, hers, his, its, ours, theirs.

I think that is yours.

Practice: Choose the correct answer…

1. That is ours.

• Possessive pronoun

• Possessive adjective

2. His favorite book is “ Green eggs and Ham”.

• Possessive pronoun

• Possessive adjective

Practice: Continue…

3. These books are mine, not yours.

• Possessive pronoun

• Possessive adjectives

4. Brad is their son.• Possessive pronoun

• Possessive adjectives

Practice: Continue…

5. The dog is biting its tail.

• Possessive pronoun

• Possessive adjectives

6. The dog could not find its squeaky toy.

• Possessive pronoun

• Possessive adjectives

Bibliography:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possessive_adjective

• http://www.quia.com/• http://www.uottawa.ca/• http://www.wikipedia.org/

Prepared by:

• Cristabel R. Ocasio Ilarraza

• Nirazette L. González Abella

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