{"id":60,"date":"2019-04-17T12:27:55","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T12:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/youlearnenglish.com\/zyle\/?p=60"},"modified":"2021-03-23T04:57:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T04:57:11","slug":"possessive-adjectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youlearnenglish.com\/en\/grammar\/possessive-adjectives.htm","title":{"rendered":"Possessive adjectives &#8211; English grammar courses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this lesson, we will talk about special adjectives used in the English language to express the possession (ownership) of something. We are talking about possessive adjectives.<\/p>\n<p>The main possessive adjectives are:<\/p>\n<table width=\"605\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"184\"><strong>Possessive adjective<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"421\"><strong>Example<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"184\">My<\/p>\n<p>Your<\/p>\n<p>His<\/p>\n<p>Her<\/p>\n<p>Its<\/p>\n<p>Our<\/p>\n<p>Their<\/td>\n<td width=\"421\"><strong>My<\/strong> friend is a good friend.<\/p>\n<p>is that <strong>your<\/strong> book?<\/p>\n<p>My teacher is coming with <strong>his<\/strong> wife.<\/p>\n<p>That woman is coming with <strong>her<\/strong> husband.<\/p>\n<p>My dog broke <strong>its<\/strong> leg.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our<\/strong> country is beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>The children ate <strong>their<\/strong> breakfast before going to school.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Let\u2019s look at some more examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This is my father.<\/li>\n<li>I have your book right here.<\/li>\n<li>I went to his house.<\/li>\n<li>Did you see her dog?<\/li>\n<li>Its legs are are broken.<\/li>\n<li>He is our friend.<\/li>\n<li>This is their house.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now let\u2019s see some longer sentences:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I have been talking to their father about how much trouble our son has been.<\/li>\n<li>That bird is very beautiful. Its wings have such nice colors.<\/li>\n<li>Did you see his shoes? No, I only saw hers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All possessive adjectives need to agree with the possessor and thus must always be located before the nouns. You do not need to add s to the adjective if the noun is already plural, for example: your paintings are very nice vs. yours paintings are very nice.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Make sure not to confuse its and it\u2019s. Its means it belongs to it. It\u2019s means it is. In the addition to the possessive adjectives, there are possessive pronouns. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/english.youlearnenglish.com\/grammar\/possessive-pronouns.htm\">here<\/a> to see more about them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s do some exercises with what we have learned already. Fill in the blanks for these sentences. For some of them, there are multiple correct answers:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Do you know John? Do you know ____ phone number?<\/li>\n<li>I want to give you ____ laptop back.<\/li>\n<li>We\u2019ve had this piano in ____ family for generations.<\/li>\n<li>Can you give me some information about ____ job?<\/li>\n<li>That dog is ____ dog.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this lesson, we will talk about special adjectives used in the English language to express the possession (ownership) of something. We are talking about possessive adjectives. The main possessive adjectives are: Possessive adjective Example My Your His Her Its Our Their My friend is a good friend. is that your book? 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