Tagged: possessives

Possessive Pronouns

There are mainly two types of words expressing possession. They are possessive pronouns and possessive adjectives. Possessive adjectives go before nouns. Examples are: my, his, her, your, their, our, its Possessive pronouns stand on...

Possessive Nouns

Follow these rules to create possessive nouns. With singular nouns, add an apostrophe (’) and s. girl: girl‘s manuscript student: student‘s ideas With plural nouns ending in s, add an apostrophe (’) after the s. girls: girls’ manuscript students: students’ ideas...

Possessive Adjectives

Possessive adjectives are words like my, our, your, his, her and their. They express possession and goes before nouns. She is my daughter. That was your mistake. It is our car. Where is his...

Possessives

That form of a noun phrase which indicates that it represents a possessor. Possessives are normally made by adding –‘s to the noun. Examples are: my mother’s friends, my father’s house, children’s books and...