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Examples:

                    Anna is                        Lakewood is
                   my sister.                       our pool.




           The possessive adjective can express ownership or relationship.
           In English, the possessive adjectives his and her relate to the
           person who is the possessor. Look at the following examples:

                   his sister Anna                  her brother Andy

              Masculine Feminine                Feminine  Masculine
              Possessive  Noun                 Possessive  Noun
              Adjective                        Adjective

           Masculine Possessive Adjective    Feminine Possessive Adjective
                  + Feminine Noun                 + Masculine Noun

           In the first example, his modifies the noun sister. In the second
           example, her modifies the noun brother.


           Demonstrative Adjectives                                 4

            Demonstrative adjectives point out persons or things.
              They can point to either singular or plural forms.






                   this suntan lotion              those flip-flops

             Singular Form  Singular Noun     Plural Form   Plural Noun
            Demonstrative                    Demonstrative
              Adjective                        Adjective
           This and that are singular; these and those are plural. They
           are all demonstrative adjectives that point out specific nouns.

           Interrogative Adjectives
                                                                    5
              Interrogative adjectives are used to form questions.
                     They single out the nouns they modify.

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