Possessive Adjectives
The possessive adjectives are the words
my, your, his, her, its, our and their. They are used to indicate who
(or what) owns something.
Examples:
 Take his
spoon and put it by your plate.
She got her looks from her father. He's a plastic surgeon. (Groucho Marx)
It only wants
its ball. (Note: There is no apostrophe in the
possessive adjective its. It's is short for it is or
it has.)
Interactive example:
| My
head goes woozy when you climb your
ladder.
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See also:
What are adjectives?
What are compound adjectives?
Compound adjectives
Demonstrative adjectives
Enumeration of adjectives
Indefinite adjectives
Interrogative adjectives
Predicate adjectives
Participles
Possessive adjectives
Glossary of grammatical terms
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