The most commonly used possessive adjectives are

my
your
his, her, its
our
their
whose
In order, these adjectives correspond to the pronouns I, you,
he, she, it, we, they, and who.
As their name suggests, possessive adjectives are often
used to express possession or ownership. For example,
the sentence Gregory put his hat on the table uses the
adjective his to express the idea that Greg owns the
hat. We can also use possessive adjectives to refer to
figurative things that someone has, as in Ally described
her dream to me.
Possessive adjectives are also used to refer to
people who have a relation to someone or
something. For example, the sentence Vince and
Helena are with their parents uses the possessive
adjective their to express that the parents are
related to Vince and Helena; they don’t “own”
their parents, but their parents are something
they have.
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We looked everywhere for my Their team was a lot better
dog. (The possessive adjective than our team. (The possessive
my modifies the noun dog to adjectives their and our
indicate that it belongs to me.) modify the word team to
indicate who is represented
by each team.)
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Whose soda is this? (The
possessive adjective whose
modifies the noun soda.
Whose is also an interrogative
adjective so it is often used in
questions to ask who the
owner of an item is.)
Unlike many other adjectives, possessive adjectives can only be used
directly in front of the noun that they modify:
Correct: We went to my house.
Incorrect: This house is my.
Correct: The lions hunted their prey.
Incorrect: I want to give the lions this toy because I know it is their.