Grade 1 · Lesson 21 — Why we need them, and what they are

U1 · Level One — Parts of Speech · Pronouns · student sheet is G1_L21_Worksheet.html
Ask the question, then answer. Pronoun: “Whose place is it taking?”

How we did it together — keep looking at this

WegavePoodleandhimsomesoup.1Ask: Whose place is it taking?2Try it — “We = ?” ✓ — so “We” is a pronoun.Same steps every time. The marks stay.
Before you mark: Taught from a PROBLEM. Subject pronouns only — object forms are Grade 2.
  1. Find the pronoun.
    The dog barked because it was hungry.
    the pronoun in “The dog barked because it was hungry.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  2. Find the pronoun.
    My mother cooked, and she sang.
    the pronoun in “My mother cooked, and she sang.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  3. Find the pronoun.
    The boys ran until they were tired.
    the pronoun in “The boys ran until they were tired.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  4. Find the pronoun.
    The teacher smiled. She waved.
    the pronoun in “The teacher smiled. She waved.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  5. Find the pronoun.
    My cousin fell. He cried.
    the pronoun in “My cousin fell. He cried.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  6. Find the pronoun.
    The kettle boiled. It whistled.
    the pronoun in “The kettle boiled. It whistled.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
Secure looks like: Given two sentences where the second opens with a pronoun, the child names the noun it replaces and can swap it back without the sentence breaking.
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