Personal Pronouns In this lesson we are going to: • Learn about personal pronouns
Personal Pronouns A noun is a word that is a person, place or thing. A pronoun can be used in place of a noun A personal pronoun is used in place of a noun that is a person or thing. Emma loves chocolate. She could eat it all day. Personal pronouns are used so that you don’t have to repeat the same words in your writing.
Personal pronouns for people include… I they him she her he us you me them we
Personal pronouns for things include… it they them
The following sentences do not use personal pronouns. Rewrite each sentence using a personal pronoun. 1. Mike turned the fire on because Mike was cold. 2. Jane loves football and Jane plays football after school. 3. The rain poured down and the rain made a tremendous noise. 4. The car broke down because the car ran out of petrol. 5. Amir loves Saira, Amir bought Saira a ring.
Check your answers 1. Mike turned the fire on because he was cold. 2. Jane loves football and she plays it after school. 3. The rain poured down and it made a tremendous noise. 4. The car broke down because it ran out of petrol. 5. Amir loves Saira, he bought her a ring.
Did you remember to change the noun for a personal pronoun?