Year 5 · SPaG · Word classes
Year 5 pronouns worksheet and PowerPoint
To find pronouns in sentences and to choose the right pronoun to take the place of a noun.
Pronouns
A pronoun takes the place of a noun so that we do not have to repeat it. The pronoun must match the noun: one or many, he, she or it, and its job in the sentence.
| personal pronoun | I, you, he, she, it, we, they (subject) / me, him, her, us, them (object) |
|---|---|
| possessive pronoun | stands on its own and shows who owns something: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs |
| possessive determiner | comes before a noun: my, your, his, her, our, their |
Examples
- She gave him a book.
- That coat is mine, but my scarf is yours.
Key words
- pronoun
- takes the place of a noun
- personal pronoun
- I, you, he, she, it, we, they, me, him, her, us, them
- possessive pronoun
- mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs
- possessive determiner
- my, your, her, our, their: comes before a noun
What is on the worksheet
Every sheet for this lesson has a short teaching box and 12 questions that get gradually harder: 8 fluency questions, then 4 reasoning questions that ask pupils to explain or choose. A writing challenge follows. The questions use the same styles as the key stage 2 grammar and punctuation test (circle, underline, tick, fill the gap, add punctuation, rewrite, explain). They are written for this website, not copied from past papers.
All the answers are on the last page of the same editable Word file. New questions are made every time, so you can print a different sheet for every group or for homework. The same sheet code always gives the same sheet.
Writing challenge: Rewrite a short paragraph from a story, replacing every repeated noun with a pronoun. Check that each pronoun matches the noun it replaces.
Pupil target: I can find pronouns and choose the right one.
The PowerPoint
A 20-slide lesson deck for the same lesson: a starter that revisits earlier learning, key words, an I do and a You do question on each slide with a countdown timer, answers that appear one click at a time, and a challenge. Download the pronouns PowerPoint.
Where this lesson fits
This is lesson 33 of 43 in the Year 5 SPaG scheme, in the block “Word classes”.
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