Possessive Adjectives

Warning! These are adjectives. Don't confuse them with pronouns! We use possessive adjectives to show who owns or "possesses" something. The possessive adjectives are: my, your, his, her, its, our, their whose (interrogative) number person gender possessive adjective example sentence singular 1st male/female my This is my book. 2nd male/female your I like your hair. 3rd male his His name is "John". female her Her name is "Mary". neuter its The dog is licking its paw. plural 1st male/female our We have sold our house. 2nd male/female your Your children are lovely. 3rd male/female/neuter their The students thanked theirteacher.           singular/plural 1st/2nd/3rd male/female (not neuter) whose Whose phone did you use?   Compare:your = possessive adjective you're = you are its = possessive adjective it's = it is OR it has their = possessive adjective they're = they are there = adverb (I'm not going there / look over there / there is a car outside) whose = possessive adjective who's = who is OR who has   Be careful! There is no apostrophe (') in the possessive adjective "its". We use an apostrophe to write the short form of "it is" or "it has". For example: it's raining = it is raining it's finished = it has finished I'm taking my dog to the vet. It's broken its leg.