Possessive Adjectives(List + Examples + more)

Possessive Adjective Meanings

We use possessive adjectives to show who owns (or possesses) something.

Here are the meanings of the 8 possessive adjectives:

My for first-person singular(I)

Your  for second-person singular(You)

His for men

Her for women

Its for animals, machines, entities

Our for first-person plural (We)

Your for second-person plural (you plural)

Their for plural people

Examples of possessive adjectives

My car broke down again.

My legs are strong.

Stop playing with my phone!

My glasses are ready.

Would you mind looking after my children?

Your car is better than my car.

Your children are beautiful.

Your cat is very fat!

That is his book.

He is worried about his mind.

They are his keys.

I could not understand her accent.

Her car is beautiful.

Her make-up is all wrong.

The cat didn’t sleep on its bed.

Dublin is famous for its bars.

Their favourite colour is red.

They love their English teacher.

They do their homework after school.

Possessive adjectives with What, Which, and Whose

What did you do with your house. Did you sell it?

Yes, I sold my house last year.

Which car is your car?

My car is the blue car.

Whose keys are these?

They are my keys.

What is the difference between possessive pronouns and possessive adjectives?

We use possessive pronouns when we know what the the noun is. 

We combine the possessive adjective and the noun.

It’s my bag = It’s mine

It’s your bag.= It’s yours

It’s his bag = It’s his

It’s her bag = It’s hers

It’s our bag = It’s ours

It’s their bag = It’s theirs