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Possessive adjectives
- I have a new car , it is my car.

- He has a book , it is his book.

* A possessive adjective describes who owns something.

* We place the possessive adjective before the noun.
In English, we always put adjectives before nouns.
(my, his) are possessive adjectives.

1- (my) is the first person singular, I own the car.

In English, in total there are (7) possessive adjectives, I am going to teach you them in this lecture.

2- Hello Ali, is that your car?

(your) is the second person singular and plural. You own the car.

The car belongs to you.

It is your car.

Important

(you`re) is not a possessive adjective. I like you`re car. Wrong

I like your car. Right

(you`re) is the contracted form of ( you are) you`re a good student.

3- Ahmad has a new house, it is his house.

(his) is the third person singular. (male) He owns the house.

It is his house.

4- Fatima has a new watch, it is her watch.

(her) is the third person singular. (female) She owns the watch.

It is her watch.

5- Here is a house, its doors are white.

(its) is the third person singular. (neutral) The house has white doors.

It has white doors.

Its doors are white

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We use (its) to describe characteristics of objects and animals.

Example: The dog is playing with its ball.

Note, if the animal is a family pet, we use (his, her)

Important
The possessive adjective (its) does not have an apostrophe.

(its and it`s) are pronounced the same but they are different.

(it`s) is the contracted form of (it is) or (it has).

(its) is the possessive adjective.

Examples:
- It`s a beautiful house. (it`s) here is the contracted form of (it is)

- It`s fallen on the floor. (it`s) here is the contacted form of (it has)

- It`s door is white. Wrong

- Its door is white. Right (its) here is a possessive adjective

6- We have a new car, it is our car.

(Our) is the first person plural. We own the car.

The car belongs to us.

It is our car.

7- They have a new computer, it is their computer.

(Their) is the third person plural. They own the computer

The computer belongs to them

Their computer is new

Important
(there) is not a possessive adjective.

(their, there) are pronounce the same, but they are different in writing and usage.

- I like there house. Wrong

- I like their house. Right

(There) is an adverb of place.

- There is a book here.

- I am going there tomorrow.

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At the end

Personal pronoun Gender Possessive adjective

I Male/female My

You Male/female Your

He Male His

She Female Her

It Neutral Its

We Male/female Our

They Male/female/neutral Their

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Some expected questions
Choose the correct answer a, b, c or d:
1- We place the possessive adjectives before ……………
a- nouns b- adjectives c- verbs d- adverbs
2- I like ………….. car.
a- your b- you`re
3- He owns the house, it is …………. House.
a- her b- him c- he d- his
4- Here is a house, ………….. doors are white.
a- it`s b- it is c- its d- his
5- They have a new computer it is ……………….. computer.
a- there b- their c- they d- they`re
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