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2. Past participle can also be used to modify a noun
He was exhausted
The hidden secret
3. Compound adjectives are used to modify nouns. They are called compound because they are
made up of two or more words, usually with hyphens between them.
A heart-breaking news
An English-speaking country

What are possessive adjectives?

Possessive adjectives - my, your, his, her, its, our, your, their - modify the noun following it in
order to show possession.
Examples:

 I'll get my bag.
 Is this your luggage?
Possessive adjectives are often confused with possessive pronouns.
Examples:

 Your bike is blue. (your is an adjective which modifies bike)
 Mine is yellow. (mine is a pronoun which functions as the subject of the verb is)
Examples

Subject Pronouns I you he she it we you they

Possessive Adjectives my your his her its our your their

Examples:

 Why didn't you clean your room?
(the word ‘your’ modifies the noun room)
 Mary doesn't like her dress.
(her modifies the noun dress)
 The chameleon can change its colour.
(its modifies the noun colour)

Her hair is long. His hair is short
Things to remember:
1. Possessive adjectives are different from possessive pronouns.

 This is your (possessive adjective) book and this is mine (possessive pronoun).
2. ‘its’ and ‘their’ are possessive adjectives.

 Its colour is beautiful.
 Their car is in their garage.

3. it's, they're and there are not possessive adjectives — ‘its’ is a contraction of it is or it
has; they're is a contraction of they are; there is an adverb of place.