General English A1 · Lesson 3A

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Possessive adjectives

1 structure

Possessive adjectives (my / your / his / her…)
They say who something belongs to and come before the noun.
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Rules & form
- ›I → my · you → your · he → his · she → her · it → its · we → our · they → their.
- ›They never change with plural nouns: my brother / my brothers.
- ›Use his/her according to the owner, not the object.
Examples
- “This is my laptop and that's her phone.”
- “Their children go to my school.”
- “Our team is small but our clients are big.”
Watch out · its = possessive · it's = it is. Never write “it's colour”.
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