Possessive Determiners

Words that show ownership before nouns: my, your, his, her, its, our, their

beginner

When to Use

•Before nouns to show ownership: my book, your car, their house.
•With body parts: I hurt my hand. She washed her face.
•With family/relationships: his mother, our friends, their children.
•Must match the owner, not the thing owned.
•Different from possessive pronouns (mine, yours) which replace nouns.

How to Form

Affirmative (+)

Possessive determiner + noun

Negative (-)

Same structure in negative sentences

Question (?)

Is this your book? Where is my phone?

💡 I → my, you → your, he → his, she → her, it → its, we → our, they → their.

Examples

✓She loves her job.

✗She loves she job.

Use possessive determiner 'her'.

✓The dog wagged its tail.

✗The dog wagged it's tail.

Its (possessive) has no apostrophe.

✓They sold their house.

✗They sold there house.

Their = possessive; there = place.

Common Mistakes

💡 Practice Tips

• Match to owner: he → his, she → her, they → their.
• Its vs it's: its = possessive; it's = it is.
• Your vs you're: your = possessive; you're = you are.
• Their vs there vs they're: their = possessive.

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Possessive Determiners

Words that show ownership before nouns: my, your, his, her, its, our, their

beginner

When to Use

•Before nouns to show ownership: my book, your car, their house.
•With body parts: I hurt my hand. She washed her face.
•With family/relationships: his mother, our friends, their children.
•Must match the owner, not the thing owned.
•Different from possessive pronouns (mine, yours) which replace nouns.

How to Form

Affirmative (+)

Possessive determiner + noun

Negative (-)

Same structure in negative sentences

Question (?)

Is this your book? Where is my phone?

💡 I → my, you → your, he → his, she → her, it → its, we → our, they → their.

Examples

✓She loves her job.

✗She loves she job.

Use possessive determiner 'her'.

✓The dog wagged its tail.

✗The dog wagged it's tail.

Its (possessive) has no apostrophe.

✓They sold their house.

✗They sold there house.

Their = possessive; there = place.

Common Mistakes

💡 Practice Tips

• Match to owner: he → his, she → her, they → their.
• Its vs it's: its = possessive; it's = it is.
• Your vs you're: your = possessive; you're = you are.
• Their vs there vs they're: their = possessive.

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Possessive Determiners

When to Use

How to Form

Examples

Common Mistakes

💡 Practice Tips

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Possessive Determiners

When to Use

How to Form

Examples

Common Mistakes

💡 Practice Tips

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When to Use

How to Form

Examples

Common Mistakes

✗It's color is blue.

✗Your late.

✗There car is new.

💡 Practice Tips

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When to Use

How to Form

Examples

Common Mistakes

✗It's color is blue.

✗Your late.

✗There car is new.

💡 Practice Tips

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