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Colegio General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla Ied: Possessive Adjectives

The document discusses possessive adjectives, which are used to indicate ownership. It provides examples of possessive adjectives like "my", "your", "her", and "its" being used before nouns. It also notes that possessive adjectives function similarly to pronouns by replacing nouns in some cases. Finally, it includes exercises for readers to practice identifying and using possessive adjectives.

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Colegio General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla Ied: Possessive Adjectives

The document discusses possessive adjectives, which are used to indicate ownership. It provides examples of possessive adjectives like "my", "your", "her", and "its" being used before nouns. It also notes that possessive adjectives function similarly to pronouns by replacing nouns in some cases. Finally, it includes exercises for readers to practice identifying and using possessive adjectives.

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COLEGIO GENERAL GUSTAVO ROJAS PINILLA IED

“Creatividad y Saber: Expresiones del Talento Gustavista

Possessive Adjectives

The possessive adjectives are my, your, his, her, its, our, their, and whose. A possessive adjective


sits before a noun (or a pronoun) to show who or what owns it.
Easy Examples of Possessive Adjectives
In the examples below, the possessive adjectives are shaded.
She likes your hat.
(The possessive adjective "your" sits before the noun "hat" to tell us who owns it.)
I think her dog has eaten my gerbil.
(The possessive adjectives "her" and "my" are sitting before (or modifying as it's called) the nouns
"dog" and "gerbil" to tell us who owns them.)

More about Possessive Adjectives


Possessive adjectives are classified as a type of pronoun. Look at this example:
 Is that the Queen's hat?
No, it's her crown.
(In this example, the possessive adjective "her" replaces the noun "the Queen.")
This example proves that possessive adjectives function like pronouns. (Grammarians say
they have "a pronominal function.") As normal adjectives (e.g., big, yellow, funny) don't
replace nouns, some grammarians don't classify possessive adjectives as adjectives at all
but as determiners.

You may find it helpful to group possessive adjectives and possessive


pronouns (e.g., mine, yours, hers) under the term possessive form. This helps to
differentiate between possessive adjectives (e.g., my, your) and possessive pronouns
(e.g., mine, yours).

Here is a list of personal pronouns with their corresponding possessive adjectives and
possessive pronouns, i.e., their possessive forms.
Possessive Form
Personal Pronoun
Possessive Adjective Possessive Pronoun

I my mine

you your yours

he his his

she her hers

it its [not used]

we our ours

they their theirs

who whose whose

FIRST EXERCISE:
Replace the personal pronouns by possessive adjectives:

1. Where is (I)________ book?

2. Here is (we_________) teacher.

3. She goes to school with (she)__________ brother.

4. (They)________ father works in a car factory.

5. (You)__________ laptop is very expensive.

6. (He)_________ favorite hobby is tennis.

7. (I) husband and I want to go to Paris.

8. We want to see (it)__________ historical monuments.

9. Leila likes (she)__________ dog !

10. (It)________ name is Bobby.

SECOND EXERCISE:
Choose the right possessive adjective:
1. Two students didn't do __________ mathematics homework.

2. I have a car. color is black.

3. We have a dog. ________ name is Pancho.

4. Nancy is from England. ________ husband is from Australia.

5. Ann and Nadia go to a high school. __________ little brother goes to primary school.

6. Alan has a van. ________ van is very old.

7. We go to a high school. _________ high school is fantastic.

8. I like singing. __________ mother sings with me.

9. François and Alain are French. __________ family are from France.

10. Mary likes grandmother. _________ visits are frequently.

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