My Family

I am Avi. My name is Avinash, but everyone calls me Avi.
I would like to introduce you to my family.
This is my mother. Her name is Radhika. My sister and I call her Ma. Her parents call her Guddi.
My father is in the army. His name is Captain Girish Saxena. His father was also in the armed forces. He was in the navy.
We have two kittens. Their names are Fluffy and Brownie.
Our house has a balcony. On our balcony, we grow tulsi and red, juicy tomatoes.
Can you tell me about your family?

A. Possessive Adjectives
1) Describe your family using possessive adjectives.
Subject Pronoun Possessive Adjective
I my
you your
he his
she her
it its
we our
you your
they their

2) Fill in the blanks with the correct form (possessive adjective) of the words in brackets.
1. ___ shirt is green. (I)
2. ___ book is new. (you)
3. ___ dog is small. (she)
4. Rachna is ___ sister. (I)
5. Look at the bird. ___ feathers are green. (it)
6. How many people live in ___ house? (you)
7. Wash ___ hands before you eat. (you)
8. We begin ___ work at noon. (we)
9. This is ___ bicycle. (he)
10. ___ teeth are very sharp. (it)
11. Is that ___ pencil box? (you)
12. Ali has many books. These are __ books. (Ali, he)
13. Where is ___ classroom? (we)
14. Mala, is that ___ pen on the table? (you)
15. Odisha is in eastern India. ___ capital is Bhubaneshwar. (Odisha, it)
16. Oh no! I can’t find ___ keys. (I)
17. ___ names are Savita and Namita. (they)
18. Where is ___ brother? (you)
19. ___ brother is in school. (I)
20. Alisha and Fiza like ___ new teacher. (they)

B) Names of Baby Animals
Make sentences with the following pairs of words:

Example: A kitten is a baby cat.

bear – cub
bird – chick
cat – kitten
cow – calf
deer – fawn
dog – puppy
duck – duckling
elephant – calf
goat – kid
horse – foal
leopard – cub
lion – cub
pig – piglet
tiger – cub

C) Optional Exercise
Make one sentence each of your own with two of the pairs given above.

D) Folk Song
My Hat It Has Three Corners, a folk song.

Pay attention to the possessive adjectives that you hear in this song.

Audio courtesy Tanu Priya Puri