Subject and object pronouns for Year 4, over three pages. Part 1 gives ten sentences with a choice in brackets, such as Dad took (we / us) to the zoo and (Him and me / He and I) went swimming. Pupils write the right pronoun on the line. Part 2 asks them to explain in their own words when to use I and when to use me, then to write one sentence with we and one with us. The key has all ten answers. It follows England National Curriculum grammar for years 3 and 4.
Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation
“Learning the grammar for years 3 and 4 in English Appendix 2”
All ten items test subject and object forms, with pairs such as she and her, we and us, and they and them.
Writing - composition
“Proposing changes to grammar and vocabulary to improve consistency, including the accurate use of pronouns in sentences”
Part 2 has pupils write their own sentences with we and us, the same choice they met in items 3 and 8.
Ten sentences, each with two pronoun choices in brackets, from Can you give the book to (I / me) to My sister and (I / me) tidied our bedroom.
Question 1 asks when to use I and when to use me, with five lines. Question 2 asks for one sentence with we and one with us.
The ten answers, a short rule for I and me, and a mark scheme for the we and us sentences.
Say it both ways
Have pupils read each sentence aloud with each option before they write. Dad took we to the zoo sounds wrong to most ears, which is the quickest way into the rule.
Cross out the other person
For items 4 and 10, cross out the second person and read what is left. Him went swimming sounds wrong, so He and I wins.
Exit ticket
Use part 2 at the end of the lesson. The we and us sentences show at once who has the rule.
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