Possessive Adjectives

my, your, his, her, its, our, their show ownership before a noun.

Examples

• This is my bag.
• Their house is big.

Key rules

• my, your, his, her, its, our, their come before a noun
• They agree with the owner, not the thing owned: his mother, her mother
• Its has no apostrophe
• Do not use the with them: use my book, not the my book

Common mistakes

• She loves his cat (meaning her own) → She loves her cat
• The dog wags it tail → The dog wags its tail