Possessive adjectives

What you'll learn

Use a possessive adjective before a noun to show who something belongs to.

my · your · his · her · its · our · their

Start with these examples

• I love my job.
• Is this your bag?
• Leo has his phone.
• Sara likes her new shoes.
• The dog is in its bed.
• We clean our room.
• They visit their grandparents.

Match the pronoun and the possessive adjective

Subject pronoun	Possessive adjective
I	my
you	your
he	his
she	her
it	its
we	our
they	their

Where does it go?

A possessive adjective goes before a noun.

possessive adjective + noun

• my name
• her brother
• our house
• their children

His, her and its

• his = for a man or boy
• her = for a woman or girl
• its = for a thing or animal when the sex is not important

Be careful: its has no apostrophe. It's means it is.

Common mistakes

• She name is Sara. → Her name is Sara.
• The dog is in it bed. → The dog is in its bed.
• Their are my friends. → They are my friends.
• my the bag → my bag

Quick check

• I → my
• she → her
• we → our
• Tom and Anna → their

Next step

Use this, that, these and those to point to people and things.