What are possessive adjectives?

Possessive adjectives - my, your, his, her, its, our, your, their - modify the noun
following it in order to show possession.

Examples:

 I'll get my bag.

 Is this your luggage?

Possessive adjectives are often confused with possessive pronouns.

Examples:

 Your bike is blue. (your is an adjective which modifies bike)

 Mine is yellow. (mine is a pronoun which functions as the subject of the
verb is)

Examples

Subject Pronouns I you he she it we you they

Possessive Adjectives my your his her its our your their

Examples:

 Why didn't you clean your room?

(your modifies the noun room)
 Mary doesn't like her dress.
(her modifies the noun dress)
 The chameleon can change its color.
(its modifies the noun color)

Her hair is long.His hair is short

1.- Replace the personal pronouns by possessive adjectives:

- Where is (I) book?

- Here is (we) teacher.

- She goes to school with (she) brother.

- (They) father works in a car factory.

- (You) laptop is very expensive.

- (He) favorite hobby is tennis.

- (I) husband and I want to go to Paris.

- We want to see (it) historical monuments.

- Leila likes (she) dog !

- (It) name is Bobby.

2.- Choose the right possessive adjective:

- Two students didn't do mathematics homework.

- I have a car. car is black.

- We have a dog. name is Pancho.

- Nancy is from England. husband is from Australia.

- Farid and Nadia go to a high school. little brother goes to primary school.

- Mr O'Brian has a van. van is very old.

- We go to a high school. high school is fantastic.

- I like singing. mother sings with me.

- François and Alain are French. family are from France.

- Mary likes grandmother. She often visits her.

3.- Fill in the blanks with the right subject / personal pronouns (I, you, he, she, it, we, they):

- Angelina Joli is American. isn't French.

- Brad Pitt is American, too. isn't German.

- Brad and Angelina aren't French. are American.

- My friend and I are high school students. aren't primary school students.

- The Statue of Liberty is in New York. isn't in Washington.

4.- Fill in the blanks with the right form of to be ( am, are or is):

- you the new student?

Yes, I .

- Leila and Nancy students.

- Nancy Australian .

- My sister and I students.

- The girls tired.

- These women beautiful.

- The tea delicious.

- Nadia and Leila friends.

- The newspaper cheap.

5.- Choose the correct answer (negative or affirmative form of to be):

- Is Julia Robert French? No, she French.

- What about Robert de Nero? Is he an American actor? Yes, he .

- Are New York and Los Angeles Spanish Cities? No, they Spanish cities.

- Is Big Ben in Paris? No, it in Paris.

- Is Mount Everest in Africa? No, it in Africa. It is in Asia.

6.- Write a personal introduction for class blog. Use the information below to help. Write 50
words approx.

I´m / My name´s ….. I speak

I live in …… I am ……. years old.
I have …… brother(s) / sister(s) I´m a/an Teacher/Student.