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Study Resource: English possessive adjectives and pronouns

By: Annie Lopes

Possessive Adjective:

possessive adjectivenoun

These are my books.

  • Before a noun (the owned thing)

  • The form depends on the person and number of the owner / possessor.

Possessive Pronoun:

possessive pronoun

These books are mine.

  • Replaces a noun (the owned thing)

  • The form depends on the person and number of the owner / possessor.

Subject Pronoun
(owner)

Possessive adjective
( ___ + noun)

Possessive pronoun
(replaces a noun)

I
my
My shirt is green.
mine
The shirt is mine.
you
your
Your book is new.
yours
The book is yours.
he
his
His pillow is soft.
his
The pillow is his.
she
her
Her dog is small.
hers
The dog is hers.
it
its
Its bone is old.
–
we
our
Our bird is noisy.
ours
The bird is ours.
they
their
Their car is slow.
theirs
The car is theirs.

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