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Grade 1 · lesson 1 of 4

Use a personal pronoun

Find the subject description. Replace the name with its stated pronoun and retain the action.

About 15 minutes, plus any extended practice

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Supplied materials

  • Paper and pencil, or a browser text area. All named people/events/records are fictional learning inputs.
  • Worked case: Subject: Ana, described as she. Verb: walked. Highlight: box. Purpose: telling: Ana walked home
  • Primary check: Subject: Ben, described as he. Verb: walks. Highlight: boxes. Purpose: asking: Does Ben walk home
  • An adult may read every direction and answer choice aloud; learners may respond by speaking, pointing or drawing.

Learn the idea

A pronoun can take the place of a noun. Use the identity supplied in the task: she, he, they for more than one person here, or it for the named object.

Find the subject description. Replace the name with its stated pronoun and retain the action.

Example to read or listen to: Subject: Ana, described as she. Verb: walked. Highlight: box. Purpose: telling: Ana walked home The answer is she. The relevant input states: Subject: Ana, described as she. This fits she. A pronoun can take the place of a noun. Use the identity supplied in the task: she, he, they for more than one person here, or it for the named object. An object described as it does not become he.

  1. Read or listen to the worked example. Say what the reading or writing task asks you to find. An adult can help with unfamiliar words.
  2. Find the subject description. Replace the name with its stated pronoun and retain the action.
  3. Check the worked solution: she. The relevant input states: Subject: Ana, described as she. This fits she. A pronoun can take the place of a noun. Use the identity supplied in the task: she, he, they for more than one person here, or it for the named object. An object described as it does not become he.
  4. Try the question and the practice questions. Point to the words that helped you choose before checking the feedback.
Worked example

See the method in action

Subject: Ana, described as she. Verb: walked. Highlight: box. Purpose: telling: Ana walked home Solved: she. The relevant input states: Subject: Ana, described as she. This fits she. A pronoun can take the place of a noun. Use the identity supplied in the task: she, he, they for more than one person here, or it for the named object. An object described as it does not become he. Find the subject description. Replace the name with its stated pronoun and retain the action.

Your turn

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Helpful tips
  • Use the identity given, not a guess from a name.
  • An object described as it does not become he.
Subject: Ben, described as he. Verb: walks. Highlight: boxes. Purpose: asking: Does Ben walk home Which pronoun replaces the named subject without changing the stated identity or number?

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See the answer and explanation

he

The relevant input states: Subject: Ben, described as he. This fits he. A pronoun can take the place of a noun. Use the identity supplied in the task: she, he, they for more than one person here, or it for the named object. An object described as it does not become he.

Take it further

Optional extra practice: Use fictional Jo, whose pronoun is they, to write: Jo will draw two boxes. Replace Jo with They, circle will draw, underline plural boxes, and add a period. Say why the action is future and boxes means more than one. Practice this lesson’s skill as you complete the task. Use this idea to check your work: A pronoun can take the place of a noun. Use the identity supplied in the task: she, he, they for more than one person here, or it for the named object.

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More practice: try new cases

Choose an answer for each problem. Explain your method on paper, then use the feedback to decide what to revisit.

More practice: try new cases
1. Subject: Ana and Ben, described as they. Verb: will walk. Highlight: jump, used as an action. Purpose: excited: What a huge jump Which pronoun replaces the named subject without changing the stated identity or number?
Need a hint?
  • Use the identity given, not a guess from a name.
  • An object described as it does not become he.
2. Subject: the toy, described as it. Fragment: The yellow toy. Highlight: yellow. Purpose: telling: It is yellow Which pronoun replaces the named subject without changing the stated identity or number?
Need a hint?
  • Use the identity given, not a guess from a name.
  • An object described as it does not become he.
3. Subject: the toy, described as it. Verb: rolled. Highlight: balls. Purpose: question: Did it roll Which pronoun replaces the named subject without changing the stated identity or number?
Need a hint?
  • Use the identity given, not a guess from a name.
  • An object described as it does not become he.

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