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Possessive Adjective Examples



Possessive Adjective - Glossary of Terms



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 itsIt's is short for it is or it has.)

Interactive example:
 
My head goes woozy when you climb your ladder. [show me the possessive adjectives]
 
There is no apostrophe in the possessive adjective its. 

Its has nothing to do with it's, which is short for it is or it has
.

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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