Day 6- English Spoken Course- Use Of Possessive Determiners (His,Her,Your,Our,My,Their,Its)

 Possessive Determiners (His, Her, Your, Our, My, Their, Its)-

Possessive determiners are used to show who owns or "possesses" something. The possessive determiners are:

• my, your, his, her, its, our, their

Warning!

These are determiners. Don't confuse them with possessive pronouns.

These determiners always come at the beginning of a noun phrase, however ,if it is not followed by a noun ,then it is called as pronoun.

Look at these example sentences:

Possessive determiner with gender (Male, Female, Neuter)		Example Sentences
SINGULAR
my	M/F	This is my house.
his	M	His name is Mohan.
her	F	Her middle name is Beth.
its	N	The dog hurt its wounded paw.
PLURAL
our	M/F	We have bought our clothes.
their	M/F/N	The students thanked their English teacher.
SINGULAR or PLURAL
your	M/F	I like your hair style. Your children are clever.

Be careful with these three possessive determiners:

Possessive determiner	contraction (sounds the same)
1. your: This is your house.	you're (you are): Hurry up! You're late!
2. its: The dog hurt its paw.	it's (it is/it has): It's raining. (It is raining...) It's rained. (It has rained...)
3. their: Which is their house?	they're (they are): They're waiting. (They are waiting...) Also note there as an adverb: I'm not going there.