Grade 1 Spring — Compound Sentences, Descriptive Writing, Verb Tense, Pronouns, and Workshop Revision
English · GR G1 eng.g1.s.gr.pronouns_personal_possessive

Use personal and possessive pronouns correctly

Personal pronouns: I, me, you, he, she, it, we, they, us, them. Possessive pronouns: my, your, his, her, its, our, their. Use to avoid noun repetition.

Mastery threshold
85%
Min instances
12
Typical minutes
45
Spaced intervals (days)
1, 3, 7, 14, 30, 60
Prereqs
Successors
Common misconceptions
  • 'Me and Sam went to the park' (subject pronoun confusion).
  • Confuses 'its' (possessive) with 'it's' (contraction it is).

Exercise pool (2)

Diff Stem Type
2 Replace the repeated noun with a pronoun: 'Sam went to the park. Sam played on the slide. Sam laughed.' pronoun substitute
3 Pick the right possessive pronoun: 'The cat licked ___ (its / it's) paw.' possessive pronoun choice