Choosing between nouns and pronouns
This detailed lesson plan, PowerPoint presentation and worksheet aim to support year 4 children in identifying pronouns and using them appropriately to replace nouns and expanded noun phrases in their writing.
Answers are included.
A sample question from the worksheet:
Rewrite the following paragraph replacing some of the nouns with pronouns to avoid repetition.
Karim was looking forward to visiting the farm cafe. The farm cafe was so near to
Karim’s house that Karim could smell the delicious smells every time Karim walked
into Karim’s garden. Karim wanted to take Karim’s friends with Karim, but Karim
couldn’t take all of Karim’s friends. Karim could only choose one friend to take with
Karim, so Karim chose Sana. Sana was looking forward to it.