Using Personal Pronouns

Lesson Plan - Get It!

Audio:

Bill and Mary went to the store. Bill and Mary bought some candy for Bill and Mary. Bill ate Mary's candy, but Mary saved Mary's candy for later so Mary could eat it after Mary had Mary's dinner. Bill and Mary told Bill and Mary's parents what Bill and Mary did when Bill and Mary went to the store.

• Do those sentences sound kind of goofy?

This isn't the way you talk. Using pronouns like he, she, her, and they would make it sound much more conversational.

Pronouns are words that can take the place of proper nouns in sentences. A proper noun is someone's name, like Bill or Mary.

Follow these directions.

1. Look around your space for three pictures of your family or yourself.

3. Then, find three pictures of people doing fun things in a magazine or online.

4. Get out your notebook and write one sentence for each photo. Make sure you only use proper nouns.

For example, if the object is a ball, write, "Michael likes to throw the ball." If you have a picture of your family, the sentence might say, "Mom, Dad, Joe, and Pam are at the museum."

• Do you have six sentences written in your notebook?

Perfect!

5. Look at your sentences.

• Which of the following pronouns could replace the proper nouns?

6. Rewrite each sentence using an appropriate pronoun instead of the proper nouns.

For example: He like to throw the ball. They are at the museum. We are at the museum.

Great work!

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