English Subject

Ferdinandus Kurniadi

Possessive Adjectives

My, your, his, her, its, our, and their are the English possessive adjectives, used with nouns to show possession or ownership.

E.g.:

1.That's my folder. (My is an adjective which shows that I am the owner of the folder.)

2.Their hats, they have three corners.

3.They would not be their hats.

4.Our hats, they have three corners.

5.Three corners have our hats.

6.It would not be her hat.

7.My hat, it has three corners.

8.It would not be my hat.

9.My name's Lynne.

10. Her name is Maureen.

My; your; his; her; its; our; & their are the possessive adjectives in English. They are used before a noun to show possession.

Demonstrative Adjectives

Demonstrative adjectives indicate which one of something you are talking about. In English, there are different forms of the demonstrative adjective according to the number of items and where they are located.

	singular	plural
closer	this	these
farther	that	those

The demonstrative adjective is used directly in front of a noun - there is no article.

this book

that book

these books

those books

E.g.:

1. The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love, The matron's glance that would those looks reprove.

2. These were thy charms...but all these charms are fled.

Interrogative Adjectives

The interrogative adjectives (which and what) modify nouns and are used in questions.

Examples:

1. Which car was involved?

2. What book are they reading?

3. What time will you come?

4. Which man do you mean?

5. Whose book is this?

Indefinite Adjectives

1. an indefinite pronoun used as an adjective

Examples (from English) - all, any, each, every, few, many, and some

a. Many children like dinosaurs.

b. Did you want some bananas?

c. Several pedestrians witnessed the event.