Some topics can be challenging to create lesson material for so there are sections for a wide array of ESL topics on the site. This section is dedicated to pronouns; take a look at some of the 225 pronoun worksheets to find something that your students will enjoy. Many teachers have used this worksheet to give their students more practice using demonstrative pronouns. It is very straightforward with a brief review of the uses of this, that, these, and those followed by some fill in the blank sentences for practice. Be sure to create an answer key for yourself to make answering questions and giving corrections in class easier. There are other great worksheets here too so make sure you look at a few other them before deciding what you would like to use in class. If you want to you can even combine the exercises from several worksheets to make your own customized handout.
Pronouns are words that take the place of nouns which sounds simple enough except that there are lots of different kinds of pronouns. In order to help students understand this material clearly, subjective pronouns are usually covered first with other types of pronouns coming later in the course. Make sure students understand one set of pronouns before moving on to new material. Here is a link to a fun YouTube video about pronouns that your students might like. It clearly demonstrates the important function of pronouns.
In linguistics and grammar, a pronoun (Lat: pronomen) is a pro-form that substitutes for a noun (or noun phrase), such as, in English, the words it (substituting for the name of a certain object) and he (substituting for the name of a person). The replaced noun is called the antecedent of the pronoun. For example, consider the sentence "Lisa gave the coat to Phil." All three nouns in the sentence can be replaced by pronouns: "She gave it to him." If the coat, Lisa, and Phil have been previously mentioned, the listener can deduce what the pronouns she, it and him refer to and therefore understand the meaning of the sentence; however, if the sentence "She gave it to him." is the first presentation of the idea, none of the pronouns have antecedents, and each pronoun is therefore ambiguous. Pronouns without antecedents are also called unprecursed pronouns. English grammar allows pronouns to potentially have multiple candidate antecedents.
Revision: Question, Negation and Pronouns
Revision or short test about constructing questions and negations in Present Simple. Very easy sentences. Then pupils are required to fill in the correct pronoun (personal, possessive, demonstrati ...
The Beach Trip - Basic Test
Children will be very happy to complete these easy exercises while teachers can know how well their young pupils learn the basic grammar concepts. Work with easy numbers, choose undetermined artic ...
Song Worksheet: Run to You by Roxette
This is a song by the Swedish group Roxette, and teachers can use it to work with the verb to be and subject pronouns. I usually use this song after the grammar explanation or as a tes ...
Likes and Dislikes
This is a speaking worksheet. It was created to practise Present Simple form of the verb "like". The senteces are created in positive and negative forms. It is very easy. It can be used to practis ...
Song Worksheet: I Knew You Were Trouble by Taylor Swift
A song by Taylor Swift. I used this songworksheet to review pronouns (and to have fun). Students should listen and circle the correct pronouns. At the end I let them relax and watch the video by w ...
Song Worksheet: Kiss with a Fist
This is a very diversified English review. You'll find the lyric of Kiss with a Fist by Florence and The Machine and some exercises of pronunciation, use of verbs, reflexive prounouns, quant ...
Is This Yours?
The activity focuses on posessive pronouns and verb to be for Elementary students to drill affirmative, interrogative and negative sentences based on a few pictures. Students will have to us ...
Frequency Adverbs: A Coloring Activity
Color it! Who says that coloring only appeals to kids? Not at all. Believe it or not, big guys in my class enjoyed doing it while trying to master their grammar lesson on adverbs of frequency. ...
Vegetables Worksheet
Can your students name these vegetables? 15 vegetables are pictured. Students choose from a word bank to identify each vegetable. Vegetables included are: cucumber, pumpkin, onions, broccoli, m ...
Possessive Cards
The worksheet aims at practicising in writing or speaking the possessive 's. What they may do is to talk about the things the people have, they can also exchange the iinformation or ask one anothe ...
SOng Worksheet: Just the Way you Are by Bruno Mars
This is a fun activity to work parts of the body, descriptive adjectives, present simple, time expressions and of course listening. A great moment to do it could be on Valentine's Day but it coul ...
Possessive Adjectives and Possessive Pronouns
Beginner students are often confused when it comes to learning the possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns and using them in a sentence.This worksheet provides example sentences suitable for ...
Famous Families on Tv Shows
Here is a good way to introduce the family vocabulary. If your students love watching all these series and movies, they'll recognize the characters and their family relation. After showing the fam ...
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