1. Possessive adjectives and pronouns
What will I learn from the lesson possessive adjectives and pronouns?
What are adjectives?
Adjectives are used to describe nouns. They are words that describe or modify another person,
thing, place, or idea in the sentence. They can also describe pronouns, which are words that stand in
for nouns. Adjectives most of the time come before the word, they are used to describe nouns.
What are pronouns?
A pronoun has the same meaning as a noun.
I like Mr Bean. I know him well (Him has the same meaning as Mr Bean as it refers to him.)
I know Sarah. She is a really friendly person. (The pronouns she refers to the noun Sarah.)
Possessive adjectives
A possessive adjective describes something that belongs to the person or thing. The possessive
adjective is always before its noun
My Your His Her Its Our you’re Their
** REMEMBER the possessive adjective is always before its noun **
It's my car. My = possessive adjective :: car = noun
That's his mother.His = possessive adjective :: mother = noun
This is our house.Our = possessive adjective :: house = noun
All examples show the adjective is always followed by the noun
Possessive pronouns
A possessive pronoun is used to show ownership, but possessive pronoun is never followed by its
noun.
Mine yours his hers ours yours theirs
** REMEMBER the possessive pronoun is never followed by its noun **
This is mine.Mine = possessive pronoun :: this = noun
Give it to Peter: it's his.His = possessive pronoun :: this = noun
The money is ours.Ours= possessive pronoun :: this = noun

2. All examples show the noun is not before the noun
Fill in correct possessive adjective or pronoun for the sentences
This exercise you will practice using possessive adjective and pronouns, by writing the correct
pronoun or adjective where the blank spaces are.
Copy and write the list on a piece of paper and fill in the missing blanks.
**Hint**usethe words that are in the brackets “(our)” to help you they are not always the answer
they are only to give you a clue to what the answer might be.
Excuse me, those are, our seats, (we)
Possessive adjective or pronounsexercise
1 Whose video is this? Is it ..yours. ? (you)
2 Excuse me, those are ,.our.. seats, (we)
3 Is it ______bagor ? (you/he)
4 Has the cat had ______ food? (it)
5 They're not ______ keys , they're __________ (I/she)
6 I don't think its ______ room: I think it's ________ (you/they)
7 The police asked me for __________ address. (I)
8 Have you got _______ pencil, or would you like to borrow_______? (you/I)
9 ______ house is larger than _________ (they/we)
10 I think this _____ is CD. Oh no, it's _____ (I/you)
11 The decision is all______ (they)
12 The rabbit wants ______ breakfast. (it)
13 You know it's not _____ food. It's ______ (you/I)
14 It isn't ______ motorbike, it's______ (he/she)
15 It wasn't ______ mistake, it was _____ for getting the food order wrong. (I/they)
16 Have you met _____ sister Sarah? (they)
17 _______ mum and dad say the decision is ______ (she/they)
18 _______ brother hasn't got a phone, so he uses ________ (I/we)
19 ________ car wasn't working, so I used _______ motorbike to get to work (I/he)
20 ________ flat is smaller than ______ (we/they)

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