{"id":74155,"date":"2020-04-20T10:21:40","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T10:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=74155"},"modified":"2024-07-19T15:42:42","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T15:42:42","slug":"possessive-adjectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/possessive-adjectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Possessive Adjectives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Possessive adjectives are words like<strong> my, our, your, his, her and their.<\/strong> They express possession and goes before nouns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>She is <strong>my<\/strong> daughter.<\/li><li>That was<strong> your <\/strong>mistake.<\/li><li>It is <strong>our <\/strong>car.<\/li><li>Where is <strong>his<\/strong> father?<\/li><li>Who is <strong>her <\/strong>mother? <\/li><li>Trees often shed <strong>their<\/strong> leaves in autumn. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A possessive adjective cannot stand alone. It must always be followed by a noun. By contrast, possessive pronouns can stand alone. They are forms like <strong>mine, ours, yours, theirs, his, hers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>That umbrella is <strong>mine.<\/strong> Where is <strong>yours?<\/strong><\/li><li>I always invite them to <strong>my<\/strong> parties, but they have never invited me to <strong>theirs.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Possessive adjectives and pronouns<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Fill in the blanks with an appropriate possessive adjective or pronoun. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I can&#8217;t find &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. cat. (my \/ mine)<\/li><li>She doesn&#8217;t have a house of &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. own. (her \/ hers)<\/li><li>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. condition is critical. (Her \/ Hers)<\/li><li>I have spoken to &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; mother. (his \/ him)<\/li><li>I don&#8217;t want anything that is not &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. (my \/ mine)<\/li><li>I enjoy spending time in &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. garden. (my \/ mine)<\/li><li>I know how to solve &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; problems. (my \/ mine). I don&#8217;t want &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. advice. (your \/ yours)<\/li><li>You should never take anything that is not &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. (your \/ yours)<\/li><li>Is this cat &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. (your \/ yours)?<\/li><li>How you spend &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; (your \/ yours) money is your business. <\/li><li>She is not on talking terms with &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. neighbours. (her \/ hers)<\/li><li>I don&#8217;t have a pen. Can you lend me &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..? (your \/ yours)<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>my, 2. her, 3. her, 4. his, 5. mine, 6. my, 7. my, your, 8. yours, 9. yours, 10. your, 11. her, 12. yours<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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