My Pronouns

Pronouns

LI: To change nouns to pronouns

The strongman could not lift the weights.

They (the weights) were too heavy for him (the strongman).

Pronouns are words which take place of nouns.

I       we     us      you      he      him      her      she       it         they    them

Replace the words in red with pronouns:

1. My mum bought a new dress.It cost she a lot of money.✓✓

2. The children had some sweets. They ate them before school.✓

3. Jane has two dogs. she looks after them well.✓✓

4. Mr Bass has a fishing boat. he goes fishing on the lake in it.✓

5. The boys helped the old lady.They carried the lady’s bag for her.✓✓

Highlight all the pronouns in the text in yellow:

Harry and Emma went camping. They✓ took a tent with them.✓ The two children looked for a good spot to pitch the tent. “Shall we stop here?” Harry asked, as he✓ put down the backpack by the side of the river. Emma agreed so they ✓ unpacked the tent and put it up in no time. “I hope the weather stays fine,” Emma said. She pointed to some grey clouds above. “Hmmm. They ✓do look nasty,” Harry replied.  The tent looked good enough and they were soon inside it. They ✓took out some sandwiches to eat. They were just about to start on them when the rain began. “Oh no! Here it comes!” Emma exclaimed. “I hope the tent is waterproof,” she added.

Write 3 more sentences and continue the story. Highlight the pronouns you use in yellow.Then when they turned around and walked into the tent. They wernt getting wet. Then harry and Emma finished their sandwiches and waited for the rain to stop.      

Complete these sentences by finding the missing pronoun. Remember to read your sentences out loud to make sure they make sense.

1. Last week the girls decided they✓ would go shopping.

2. Max will win if ____he____ keeps in front.

3. Did I give it back to you ✓?

4. Beth said they✓ could help us.

5. I haven’t got the pen. I gave it✓ back to Jane.

6. Where is Paul? I haven’t seen him✓ since last week.

7. Tom gave all his pencils to me✓.

8. Are you✓ coming to the rugby?

9. The boys said they✓ would dig the garden.

10. I gave it back to you✓.

11. They’ll✓ be there later.

12. I✓ am wearing my new clothes to the party.

13. They gave the sweets to me✓.

These are my pronouns that I've changed from nouns. As you can see I worked really hard and got most of the answers right.