Possessives

Possessives

A possessive word/form shows who or what belongs to somebody. (who is the owner)

We have different forms to express possession in English.

Possessive pronouns

Possessive adjectives

my, your, his, her, its, our, your, their.

mine, yours, his, hers, ours, yours, theirs.

Possessive adjectives

Examples My book is on the table. This is her cat. He is their father. I think you forgot your bag.

A possessive adjective is usually used to describe a noun. They come before a noun.

we

you

your

his

my

our

their

(you are)

(they are)

(he is)

(it is)

Possessive pronouns

A possessive pronoun is used to replace a possessive adjective + noun, as not to repeat information that is already clear. They don't go before a noun.

Replace the possessive adjective + noun for a possessive pronoun.

Those gloves are __mine__.

That is __hers__.

Is this yours or theirs?

Are these _his__?

Examples Whose is this book? It's Lucy's book/It's her book/ It's hers. Whose house is this? It's Tom and Laura's./It's their house/ It's theirs.

Whose....?

To ask about possessions, we use the question word whose. We ask about the owner.

Be careful!

Who's....?

Whose..?

Whose is used to ask about the owner.

It is the contraction of "Who is" =Who is that person?

VS

Who's playing the guitar?

Whose dog is this?

De quien es este perro?

Quien esta tocando la guitarra?

Extra Practise!

Possessive adjectives

Possessive 's

Possessive pronouns