What Is Your Job?
Possessive Adjectives
These possessive adjectives tell who or what owns something.
| Adjective | Example |
|---|---|
| my | I am in this picture. My hand is on Malcolm’s chin. |
| your | You can see Mark. He is on your left. |
| his | He has his hand on Malcolm’s shoulder. |
| her | Sally is lifting Malcolm’s legs on her shoulder. |
| its | The ocean is rough. Its waves almost knocked us down. |
| our | We are practicing our rescue plan. |
| your | Did your team practice your rescue plan, too? |
| their | Our supervisors are watching from their towers on the beach. |
Build Sentences
Read each sentence. Add the missing adjective. Say the new sentence.
1. This young man fell and hurt his arm.
1. This young man fell and hurt ____(his / your)____ arm.
2. We called his parents. They are waiting for ____(its / their)____ son at the hospital.
3. We need to get this man into ____(our / its)____ ambulance.
4. I have tightened all the straps around ____(his / her)____ body.
5. Are you ready to lift the stretcher, Tom?
Are you holding ____(their / your)____ side?
6. Is Joanne ready? Does she have ____(his / her)____ equipment?
7. One, two, three lift! Do you all still have ____(your / my)____ sides of the stretcher?
8. OK. The ambulance is ready to go. It has ____(my / its)____ sirens on. Everything will be all right!
Write Captions 
9.–12. Talk with a group. List some things people own. Draw 4 things and write captions. Use the correct possessive adjective.
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