THE POSSESSIVE DETERMINERS

THE POSSESSIVE DETERMINERS

The words my, your, his, her, its, our, there are called possessive determiners or possessive adjectives. Use these words before nouns to say who something belongs to.

For example:

I lent Margaret my guitar.

The dentist asked his patient to open her mouth.

Is this your house?

Robert, your handwriting is difficult to read.

Michael is showing his tortoise to his friends.

My sister lost her way in the city.

The lion is chasing its prey.

NOTE:

Here is a table to help you remember the possessive determiners.

PERSONS	SINGULAR	PLURAL
First person	my	our
Second person	your	your
Third person singular	his	their
	her	their
	its	their

Related articles about the determiners:

Determiners from the articles: A, An, The

The demonstrative determiners: This, That, These, Those

The interrogative determiners: What, Which, Whose

The possessive determiners: My, Our, Your, His, Her, Its,Their

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