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Reading & writing · Grades 2–5

Nouns, pronouns and clear references

A pronoun should point clearly to the noun it replaces.

Make a worksheet

Understand the idea

Name the referent

A pronoun should point clearly to the noun it replaces.

Check number

Singular and plural choices must fit the intended reference.

Prefer clarity

Repeat a name when a pronoun would be ambiguous.

Worked examples

In The narrow bridge crossed the river, which word names a place or thing?

Bridge is a noun; narrow is an adjective.

bridge

Replace Ava and I with a subject pronoun: ___ carried the poster.

We is the subject form.

We

Try it yourself

  1. Choose the object form: The guide greeted Sam and ___.

    1. me
    2. I
    3. mine
    4. my

  2. Which sentence has a plural noun as its subject?

    1. Light glows.
    2. Lanterns glow.
    3. It glows.
    4. A lantern glows.

  3. Rewrite the complete sentence A child waits so that it refers to more than one child.

  4. Write the plural of box.

Answers and marking notes

Answers and marking notes
  1. me

    The phrase receives the action of greeted.

  2. Lanterns glow.

    Lanterns is a plural noun naming more than one object. The other subjects are singular.

  3. Children wait.

    Child becomes children, and waits becomes wait to agree with the plural subject.

  4. boxes

    Add es after x.

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