Grammar & Usage

Possessive Adjectives
& Pronouns
Form & Meaning
Possessive adjectives and pronouns both indicate who an object belongs to.

Possessive Adjectives Possessive Pronouns

1st person my mine

2nd person your yours

Singular
his his
3rd person her hers
its —

1st person our ours

Plural 2nd person your yours

3rd person their theirs

Sentence Position
A. Possessive Adjectives B. Possessive Pronouns

Possessive adjectives are always followed by a noun. Possessive pronouns are never followed by a noun.
They take the place of the noun. They function as the
• Do you want to borrow my pen? subject or object in a sentence, so they come either
• That’s her jacket. before or after a verb.
• His car is new.
• Their children are sleeping. • That must be your book because this one is mine.
• We’re happy that this house is finally ours.
• Yours is the one on the left.
• His presentation wasn’t that great, but hers was.

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