Possessive Adjectives

Possessive Adjectives

The words that tell us who owns what.

Do you remember what adjectives are?

• 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

So what about possessive adjectives?

• 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.

Multiple Choice

Which of these sentences uses the possessive adjective?

• This is my school.

• This is a very nice school.

• He studies at this school.

Multiple Choice

Which of these sentences uses the possessive adjective?

• This notebook is missing several pages.

• You really should get a new notebook.

• You forgot to bring your notebook!

Multiple Choice

Which of these sentences uses the possessive adjective?

• A good striker knows when to shoot.

• We need a new striker for the football team.

• Their striker is playing really well.

Multiple Choice

Which of these sentences uses the possessive adjective?

• I found a cookbook in the kitchen.

• Isn't this Mom's cookbook?

• This cookbook a lot of great recipes.

Multiple Choice

Which of these sentences uses the possessive adjective?

• Charlie is my best friend.

• Charlie is quite good at basketball.

• I think Charlie likes to play videogames.

Multiple Choice

Which of these sentences uses the possessive adjective?

• We're looking for a pair of missing shoes.

• John's shoes are missing!

• Have you seen a pair of red basketball shoes?

Open Ended

Can you write two sentences that have two different possessive adjectives?

Possessive Pronoun

• 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.

Multiple Choice

Which of these sentences uses the possessive pronoun?

• Our hotel is near the airport.

• Your hotel is near the city center while ours is near the airport.

• Did you find your hotel room?

Multiple Choice

Which of these sentences uses the possessive pronoun?

• My bike is red, and I parked it in front of the coffee shop.

• Isn't that Anne's bike?

• No, that red bike over there is hers.

Multiple Choice

Which of these sentences uses the possessive pronoun?

• That's your sofa, this one's mine.

• This is my sofa, and I'm not giving it to anyone else.

• This is probably the most comfortable sofa in the world.

Multiple Choice

Which of these sentences uses the possessive pronoun?

• You can open your presents now, it's already Christmas.

• Are you sure these aren't his presents?

• Of course these presents are yours, I bought them for you.

Open Ended

Now, let's try to write 2 sentences with 2 different possessive pronouns!

Well, that's all there is to know about possessive adjectives & pronouns.

• 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!