Lesson 10- Possession

( 10) POSSESSION There are three kinds of Possession: Possessive Nouns, PossessiveAdjectivesand Possessive Pronouns. Possessive Nouns Nouns that show possession are called Possessive Nouns. Possessive Nouns are formed: 1. By adding anapostrophe (‘s) to singularnouns and plural nounsnot ending in s; Example: my father's car; the children's toys 2. By adding an apostrophe (‘) to plural nouns ending ins; Example: the boys' bicycles 3. By using ‘of the' with names of non-living things. Example: the roof of the house. Possessive Adjectives Adjectives that show possession are calledPossessive Adjectives.Adjectivessuch as ‘my' and ‘his' are used before nouns such as ‘school' and ‘bicycle' to showpossession. Such adjectives are examples ofPossessive Adjectives. Example: ‘This is my school' and ‘That is his bicycle'. Possessive Adjectives Singular Plural First Person my our Second Person your your Third Person his her its their their their Possessive Pronouns Pronouns that show possession are calledPossessive Pronouns. Words like ‘mine' and ‘yours' are pronouns and as they show possession, they are known asPossessive Pronouns. Example: ‘This is my car. It is mine' and ‘That is your van. It is yours'. Possessive Pronouns Singular Plural First Person Mine Ours Second Person Yours Yours Third Person His Hers Its Theirs Theirs Theirs