Possessive Adjectives Quiz

Possessive Adjectives

Possessive adjectives are words that show ownership or a direct connection to a noun, and they are used to modify a noun, just like possessive pronouns. However, possessive adjectives are always followed by a noun, while possessive pronouns can stand alone without a noun.

Comparison with Possessive Pronouns

The main difference between possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns is that possessive adjectives are always followed by a noun, while possessive pronouns can stand alone. For example, in the sentence "The book is mine," "mine" is a possessive pronoun, and in the sentence "This is my book," "my" is a possessive adjective.

Rules of Usage

Possessive adjectives correspond to the English pronouns, matching person, gender, and number. Singular possessive adjectives are "my, our," while plural possessive adjectives are "your, their." Possessive adjectives act as the possessive form of the relative pronoun "whose" and can introduce relative phrases and clauses. They do not use apostrophes or the letter "s," unlike possessive nouns, which add an apostrophe and the letter "s" to the end of the word to take the possessive form.

Exercises

To practice using possessive adjectives, try the following exercises:

1. Write the correct possessive adjectives on the lines:

   • you _________ book
   • Mary... ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________
   • we __________ team

2. Rewrite the following sentences using possessive adjectives:

   • This is my book.
   • That is your book.
   • Their house is bigger than ours.
   • It is his turn.

By practicing with these exercises, you can improve your understanding and usage of possessive adjectives in English.