PRONOUNS ARE PROS AT REPLACING NOUNS!

Recently we started working on pronouns.  The kids are learning that PRONOUNS replace NOUNS.  So instead of saying:

MARY plays basketball.

We can say:

SHE plays basketball.

And instead of saying:

THE CAR is in the driveway.

We can say:

IT is in the driveway.

Here is a chart to help you remember the basic pronouns:

Pronouns make our stories flow better.  Imagine if we never used them -- it might sound something like this:

Jane woke up one morning and went downstairs to get some breakfast.  Then Jane picked up Jane’s backpack and headed for school.  At school, Jane’s friends were waiting for Jane.  Jane and Jane’s friends went inside the school and into Jane’s classroom.  Jane sat at her desk, picked up Jane’s pencil, and began to write on Jane’s morning work paper.  Jane finished Jane’s morning work before any of Jane’s friends.  “Good work, Jane!” said Jane’s teacher.  “You get a prize for being the first student done!”  And Jane’s teacher gave Jane a big lollipop!

Sounds silly, doesn’t it?

It would sound better if we used some pronouns.  There are different types of pronouns, though.  Besides the Singular and Plural pronouns listed above, there are Possessive pronouns and Object pronouns.  Possessive pronouns like ‘her’ and ‘his’ tell us that something is owned by that person.  Object pronouns like ‘him’ and ‘them’ tell us that something is being done to or with that person.  Here is a chart listing the different pronouns:

So if we replace some of the nouns in our story with pronouns, it would sound like this:

Jane woke up one morning and went downstairs to get some breakfast.  Then she picked up her backpack and headed for school.  At school, Jane’s friends were waiting for her.  They went inside the school and into their classroom.  Jane sat at her desk, picked up her pencil, and began to write on her morning work paper.  She finished her morning work before any of her friends.  “Good work, Jane!” said her teacher.  “You get a prize for being the first student done!”  And Jane’s teacher gave her a big lollipop!

Sounds better, doesn’t it?

Hope this helps you learn about pronouns.   Remember, a PRONOUN is a PRO at replacing a NOUN!