What is a singular possessive?

Answer 1

A singular possessive is a noun or a pronoun for one person or thing that shows that something belongs to that person or thing.

Possessive nouns are shown by adding an apostrophe s to the end of the word; examples:

• Jake's wagon was stored in the neighbor's garage.

Possession for pronouns is shown by use of specific words.

There are two types of pronouns showing possession:

Possessive pronouns take the place of a noun that belongs to someone or something.

They are: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs.

• The house on the corner is mine.

Possessive adjectives describe a noun as belonging to someone or something. A possessive adjective is placed just before the noun it describes.

They are: my, your, his, her, their, its.

• My house is on the corner.