• 1 TRY OUT LANGUAGE

• 2 LEARN GRAMMAR

• 3 APPLY ON YOUR OWN

Use Possessive Adjectives

A possessive adjective tells who someone or something belongs to.

• • My, your, his, her, its, our, and their are possessive adjectives.

• • The possessive adjective always comes before a noun.

• • Match the possessive adjective to the noun or pronoun that it goes with.

  I  my	I have a healthy heart. Dr. Lee listens to my heart once a year.
  you  your	Do you go to Dr. Lee? Yes. Is Dr. Lee your doctor, too?
  he  his	Tom bikes everyday. He rides to school. Is that his bike?
  she  her	My sister is a swimmer. She is good. You should see her exercise program!
  it  its	My sister’s program is tough. Its goal is to decrease her heart rate.
  we  our	We got a new exercise machine. Our old machine is broken.
  they  their	Dr. Lee and the nurse advised us to eat healthy food. Try their healthy snacks.

Practice Together

Say each sentence and add the correct form.

• 1. Is that (he/his) basketball?

• 2. No, it is (you/my) ball.

• 3. (They/Their) team is not very fit.

• 4. (We/Our) players are faster.

• 5. Should I play on their team or (you/your) team?

Try It!

Say each sentence. Write the correct form on a card. Then say each sentence, and add the correct form.

• 6. You can play on (I/my) team if you want.

• 7. Our team won all (it/its) games last year!

• 8. What about your sister? Will she play on (they/their) team?

• 9. No, she’ll play on (we/our) team.

• 10. (She/Her) strong skills will help us win!

Exercise is good for our hearts!