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 | Possessive adjective | Possessive pronoun | ||
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. |