Personal and Possessive Pronouns

Year 4 EnglishPronouns3 pages

About this worksheet

Personal and possessive pronouns for Year 4, over three pages. Pupils sort thirteen pronouns from a word bank into a two-column table, personal on one side and possessive on the other. A note explains why his is left out of the sort. Page two has eight sentences with a gap, such as The house belongs to Ben and Sara, where pupils write the matching possessive pronoun. The key gives the sorted table and all eight answers. It follows England National Curriculum grammar for years 3 and 4.

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Curriculum objectives covered

Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation

โ€œLearning the grammar for years 3 and 4 in English Appendix 2โ€

Page 1 sorts personal from possessive pronouns, and page 2 asks pupils to pick the possessive form for owners from me to Chloe.

Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation

โ€œChoosing nouns or pronouns appropriately for clarity and cohesion and to avoid repetitionโ€

Each sentence on page 2 swaps a repeated owner for one word, such as theirs for Ben and Sara.

What's inside this worksheet

Sort the Pronouns

A word bank of I, mine, you, hers, she, we, ours, they, yours, me, us, theirs and them, and a table with eight lines under Personal Pronouns and eight under Possessive Pronouns. A note box says why his is left out.

Fill in the Missing Possessive Pronoun

Eight sentences, from This pencil belongs to me to The red jumper belongs to Chloe. Pupils write the gap word after It is or They are.

Answers

The sorted table with eight personal and five possessive pronouns, and the eight gap answers.

How teachers use it

Pronoun lesson starter

Give pairs five minutes with the word bank on mini whiteboards before anyone writes in the table. Then ask what the five possessive words have in common.

Talk about his

Use the note box to discuss why his is left out. Ask pupils to say one sentence where his stands alone and one where it comes before a noun.

Quick check

Send page 2 home as a short task and use items 5 and 6 the next morning to see who still mixes up ours and theirs.

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