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Possessive adjectives and pronouns
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Definition:
•
Possessive adjectives: Possessive adjectives are determiners or pronouns that
modify a noun by attributing possession.
Examples:
• That is my car.
• This is your car.
• This is her notebook.
• This is his pencil.
• These are their seats.
• Possessive pronouns: Possessive pronouns replaces a noun or
another pronoun. They are used to make a sentences less repetitive.
Examples:
• That car is mine.
• The book is his.
• The seats are ours.
• The notebook is hers.
Examples: Adjectives and possessive
adjectives…
• The first sentence is written with adjectives:
• Angela has long, straight, dark hair.
• This second sentence has possessive adjectives:
• My sister left her cell phone inside our dad’s car.
Examples: Nouns and pronouns…
• Consider this first sentence that is written with nouns
and pronouns:
• Mary was very excited when the famous singer, Ricky Martin
gave her a kiss when she was at his concert.
• This second sentence is written only with nouns:
• Mary was very excited when the famous singer, Ricky Martin
gave Mary a kiss when Mary was at Ricky Martin’s concert.
Categories:
Category
Pronouns
Example
Possessive
adjectives
my, your, his, her, its, our,
their.
My pink jacket.
Possessive
pronouns
mine, yours, hers, his, its,
ours, theirs.
I think that is yours.
Practice: Choose the correct answer…
1.
That is ours.
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Possessive pronoun
•
Possessive adjective
2.
His favorite book is “ Green eggs and Ham”.
•
Possessive pronoun
•
Possessive adjective
Practice: Continue…
3.
These books are mine, not yours.
•
Possessive pronoun
•
Possessive adjectives
4.
Brad is their son.
•
•
Possessive pronoun
Possessive adjectives
Practice: Continue…
5.
The dog is biting its tail.
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Possessive pronoun
•
Possessive adjectives
6.
The dog could not find its squeaky toy.
•
Possessive pronoun
•
Possessive adjectives
Bibliography:
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possessive_adj
ective
• http://www.quia.com/
• http://www.uottawa.ca/
• http://www.wikipedia.org/
Prepared by:
• Cristabel R. Ocasio Ilarraza
• Nirazette L. González Abella
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