Possessive Adjectives. Possessive Adjective + Noun. Examples: My dog is big. Her cat is brown. Their sister works downtown. Possessive Pronouns. Noun + Possessive Pronoun. Examples: The dog is mine. The brown cat is hers. The car is ours. Possessive adjectives go before the noun and possessive pronouns go after the noun. Here are some examples
A possessive pronoun indicates ownership, but it does not appear before or in a noun phrase. People also inquire as to how to use possessive pronouns and adjectives. Words with possessive adjectives include my, your, our, his, her, it, and their. They're used before nouns. Words with possessive pronouns include mine, yours, ours, him, hers
A possessive adjective is used to describe a noun. E.g. my, his, its, and so on. Unlike the personal pronouns (using finger-pointing), the possessive adjectives usues the whole "B-thumb" handshape. Unlike the possessive pronouns (e.g. mine, yours, hers, theirs, etc.) in ASL, the movement for most possessive adjectives is generally once, whereas
1)Use a possessive pronoun, when something is obvious. I think this bag is his. We don't need to repeat 'bag'. It's obvious we are speaking about a bag. Remember! HIS is both a possessive adjective and a possessive pronoun. 2)Use a possessive adjective, when something is not obvious. I like yours.
However, possessive adjectives are used to modify a noun and indicate who owns or possesses it, while possessive pronouns are used to replace a noun and indicate ownership or possession without the need for a noun. For example, in the sentence "This is my book," "my" is a possessive adjective modifying the noun "book."
A worksheet on possesive adjectives, subject and object pronouns.There is a grammar chart at the top. Students are supposed to do different exercises: fill in the gaps, replace the words in bold with a subject or object pronoun, underline the correct pronoun, read the text and underline the correct pronoun.
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possessive pronoun and possessive adjective difference