Pronouns

What is a pronoun?

• Person, place or thing

• A word that replaces one or more nouns.

• A word that shows action

• A word that modifies a noun

What is the pronoun in this sentence?

"It has big teeth called tusks," said Dad.

• Dad

• big

• tusks

• It

What are the pronouns in this sentence?

"Then you should be careful, " Kate told them.

• Then, you

• you, them

• Kate, careful

• should, be

What is the pronoun in this sentence?

Dad showed them a photograph of a walrus.

• walrus

• showed

• photograph

• them

What is the pronoun in this sentence?

"It showed the bees making nests in the holes."

• bees

• It

• nests

• trees

What is the pronoun in this sentence?

"They live inside the big plastic case."

• live

• big

• They

• case

Use a possessive pronoun to replace the underlined work or words.

"Mark's brother Dom has one just like it."

• Our

• His

• Their

• My

Use a possessive pronoun to replace the underlined work or words.

"People of ancient Peru wove the alpaca's wool."

• her

• his

• their

• its

Use a possessive pronoun to replace the underlined work or words.

"Uncle George spent Uncle George's vacation there."

• his

• their

• its

• our

Use an object pronoun to replace the underlined work or words.

"Dan knows a lot about horses."

• it

• her

• him

• them