Possessive pronouns and adjectives

Possessive adjectives

A possessive adjective is used to describe a noun like other adjectives. It comes before the noun:

My car is bigger than her carHis book is red. My book is blue

Their house is further than our house

Incorrect: My is bigger than her

Possessive pronouns

A possessive pronoun is used to replace a noun:

My can is bigger than her carMy car is bigger than hers (hers is replacing “her car”)

His book is red. My book is blueHis book is red. Mine is blue

(mine is replacing “my book”)

Incorrect: Mine car is bigger than hers car

A reflexive pronoun is usually used when the object of a sentence is the same as the subject, as you will see below.

correct: I cut myselfIncorrect: I cut me

Each personal pronoun (I, you, she, etc.) has its own reflexive form.

Reflexive pronouns

Reflexive pronouns

Use of reflexive pronouns