Mastering Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns in English

This video lesson explains the difference between possessive adjectives and pronouns, providing examples and guidance on their correct usage in sentences. It highlights that possessive adjectives describe ownership and are followed by nouns, while possessive pronouns replace nouns and are not followed by them. The lesson includes examples to illustrate these concepts and demonstrates how to use both possessive adjectives and pronouns in the same sentence.

What is the main focus of today's lesson?

• Comparative adjectives

• Possessive adjectives and pronouns

• Future tense verbs

• Past tense verbs

Which of the following is a possessive adjective?

• Theirs

• Mine

• Yours

• My

In the sentence 'My name is Rachna', what is 'my'?

• A noun

• A verb

• A possessive adjective

• A possessive pronoun

Which of the following is NOT a possessive pronoun?

• Mine

• Yours

• Her

• Ours

What is the correct possessive pronoun for 'This marker is mine'?

• My

• Mine

• Yours

• Ours

In the sentence 'That computer is yours', what is 'yours'?

• A noun

• A verb

• A possessive adjective

• A possessive pronoun

Which sentence correctly uses a possessive pronoun?

• Her dress is white and mine dress is pink.

• Her dress is white and mine is pink.

• Her dress is white and my is pink.

• Her dress is white and my dress is pink.

What should you remove when replacing a possessive adjective with a possessive pronoun?

• The noun

• The adjective

• The pronoun

• The verb

In the sentence 'His computer works and hers doesn't', what is 'hers'?

• A possessive pronoun

• A possessive adjective

• A noun

• A verb

Which of the following is a correct statement about possessive pronouns?

• They replace a noun and are not followed by a noun.

• They always come before a noun.

• They are always followed by a noun.

• They describe a noun.