Printable Using Pronouns Worksheets
These printable pronoun worksheets for 2nd and 3rd grade ask children to use pronouns in whole sentences, paragraphs and short stories. I and me get their own practice, since that pair causes the most trouble.
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Structured, printable skill sheets with step-by-step guidance for Using Pronouns.
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Use I or me
Choose I or me
Use I or me
Fix the I and me mistake
Replacing nouns with a pronoun
Replace a repeated noun with a pronoun
Replacing nouns with a pronoun
Which replacement pronoun is correct
Using pronouns in a sentence
Write a sentence with each pronoun
Using pronouns in a sentence
Fill in pronouns in a paragraph
Complete the story with pronouns
Complete a story using a word bank
Complete the story with pronouns
Complete a story without a word bank
About Using Pronouns
What this skill is
Using a pronoun means choosing the form that fits the noun it stands for and the job it does in the sentence. "Sam and I went" and "Mom gave it to Sam and me" both use the right word, but a child has to think about where the pronoun sits. The sheets cover I and me, swapping a repeated noun for a pronoun, writing a sentence with a given pronoun, and filling in a short story.
When children learn it
Children usually pick pronouns correctly when they talk. The writing is where mistakes show up. This work is aligned to Common Core L.1.1.d and carries through 2nd and 3rd grade, when children start writing longer paragraphs and the same name begins to repeat.
Teaching Tips
- Teach the cover-up test. Cover the other person: "Sam and I went" becomes "I went," which sounds right. "Me went" does not.
- Read your child's paragraph aloud and listen for repeats. If a pronoun could mean two people, ask "who is she here?" and add the name once.
Common Mistakes
- Writing "Me and Sam went to the park." Children say me first because that is how it sounds at home.
- Overcorrecting to "Mom gave it to Sam and I" after being told to use I.
- Repeating the noun in every sentence, so a paragraph about Liam says Liam five times.
- Switching the pronoun halfway through a story, so "she" quietly becomes "he" for the same character.