Possessive Adjectives

They are words that help describe or add details to nouns.

They're usually written behind a noun: chubby puppy, happy children, laughing crowd, red car, etc.

Or after a noun and linking verb: that puppy is chubby, the children look happy, the crowd is laughing, that car is red

Possessive adjectives are used for only one thing: to tell us who owns what.

"my, your, his, her, its, our, your, their" are the most commonly used possessive adjectives

my book, your medicine, our house, his cat, their coffee.

Possessive adjective are ALWAYS placed behind a noun.

Possessive pronouns are also used to tell us who owns what.

Possessive pronouns are different from possessive adjectives in terms of their spelling and how they are used.

"mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, yours, theirs" are the most common possessive pronouns.

this book is mine, this lunchbox is yours, this pitch used to be theirs

Possessive pronouns are ALWAYS used after the noun.

Can you tell me what the possessive adjective is used for?

What about the possessive pronoun?

If you made mistakes while answering the questions, or find this lesson to be difficult, don't worry!

Adjectives are rather difficult to understand, so we'll be practicing with them a lot!