Possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns

UNIVERSIDAD METROPOLITANA VICERRECTORÍA ASOCIADA DE DESARROLLO Y RETENCIÓN

Programa de Tutorías

Possessive adjectives and Possessive pronouns

Definition: • Possessive adjectives: Possessive adjectives are determiners that modify a noun by attributing possession and/or ownership. • Possessive pronouns: Possessive pronouns replaces a noun, another pronoun or a possessive adjective. They are used to make sentences less repetitive. It also shows ownership, but in a different way.

Examples – Possessive adjectives: 1. That is my car.

2. This is her notebook.

3. This is his pencil.

4. These are our seats. – Possessive pronouns: 1. That car is mine.

2. The notebook is hers.

3. The pencil is his.

4. The seats are ours.

How to use them?

• The possessive adjective goes before the noun.

• That is my car.

Possessive adjective

Noun

• The possessive pronoun goes after the noun.

• That car is mine.

Noun

Possessive pronoun

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 jacket is yours.

References: • Possessive determiner. (n.d.). Retrieved from Wikipedia.org: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possessive_d eterminer • University of Ottawa. (n.d.). The parts of speech. Retrieved from University of Ottawa web site: http://arts.uottawa.ca/writingcentre/en/hyp ergrammar/the-parts-of-speech

Prepared by: • Cristabel R. Ocasio Ilarraza • Nirazette L. González Abella