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3. When did you write _______________ essay?

4. Why did you keep _______________ notebooks in your bag?

5. I received _______________ letter from my mother.

Interrogative Adjectives

An interrogative adjective is used with a noun to ask a question.

Read the following sentences:

Which colour do you like the most?
O
Whose car is this?
O
What plan do you have?
O
In the above sentences, which, whose and what are interrogative adjectives because
they are used before nouns to ask questions.

Practice Time 3

Fill in the blanks with correct interrogative adjectives.

1. _______________ boy needs my help?

2. _______________ books are you studying?

3. _______________ gift have you bought for your friend?

4. _______________ painting did you like the most?

Possessive Adjectives

A possessive adjective shows possession or belongingness. A possessive adjective

answers the question: whose?

Read the following sentences.

That is my shirt.
O
(Whose shirt? — my)

This is your eraser.
O Adjectives
(Whose eraser? — your)

These are her pencils.
O
(Whose pencils? — her)

In the above sentences, my, your and her are possessive adjectives.

Some other possessive adjectives are our, his, its and their.
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