Understanding Personal Pronouns 🤔

Personal pronouns are words we use to replace nouns, especially names of people or things, to avoid repeating them over and over in sentences. In Year 6 English, it’s important to identify personal pronouns and understand how they work. Personal pronouns help make our writing and speaking clearer and less boring.

What Are Personal Pronouns? 🗣️

Personal pronouns show who or what we are talking about. They take the place of a noun, such as a person’s name or a thing. For example, instead of saying “Sarah went to Sarah’s house,” we say “She went to her house.” Here, she and her are personal pronouns.

Types of Personal Pronouns 📚

Personal pronouns change depending on person, number, and gender.

  1. Person
    – First person: The person speaking (I, we)
    – Second person: The person being spoken to (you)
    – Third person: The person or thing being spoken about (he, she, it, they)
  2. Number
    – Singular: When talking about one person or thing (I, you, he, she, it)
    – Plural: When talking about more than one (we, you, they)
  3. Gender (in the third person singular)
    – Masculine: he, him
    – Feminine: she, her
    – Neutral: it (used for animals or things)

Examples of Personal Pronouns in Sentences ✍️

  • First person singular:
    I am going to the park.
  • First person plural:
    We have finished our homework.
  • Second person singular and plural:
    You are very kind.
  • Third person singular masculine:
    He is playing football.
  • Third person singular feminine:
    She loves reading books.
  • Third person singular neutral:
    It is raining outside.
  • Third person plural:
    They are coming to the party.

Using personal pronouns means you don’t have to keep repeating names, making your writing smoother and easier to read.

Study Tips for Identifying Personal Pronouns 📖✨

  • Look for words replacing names of people or things.
  • Check if the word shows who is speaking (I, we), being spoken to (you), or being spoken about (he, she, it, they).
  • Notice if the pronoun refers to one person (singular) or more than one (plural).
  • Remember the gender differences in third person singular pronouns: he for boys, she for girls, and it for things.

By practicing with sentences like these, you’ll become great at spotting and using personal pronouns correctly in your writing! 💪

20 Examination-style Questions with Answers on Identifying Personal Pronouns for Year 6 English 📝🎯

Here are 20 examination-style questions to help Year 6 students identify personal pronouns, aligned with the UK National Curriculum for Key Stage 2 English. Each question includes the answer for self-checking.

Questions ❓

  1. Underline the personal pronouns in this sentence:
    “She gave him the book and I thanked her.”
  2. Circle all the personal pronouns in the sentence:
    “We are going to the park, and they will join us later.”
  3. Which word is a personal pronoun in the sentence below?
    “He loves playing football with his friends.”
  4. Identify the personal pronouns in this sentence:
    “I saw you at the school yesterday.”
  5. Choose the personal pronoun in this sentence:
    “They have finished their homework.”
  6. In the sentence, “You and I should work together,” which words are personal pronouns?
  7. True or False: The word “it” in the sentence “It is raining outside” is a personal pronoun.
  8. Find the personal pronouns in the sentence:
    “Her brother said that they will come to our house.”
  9. What are the personal pronouns in this sentence?
    “He told me that you were waiting.”
  10. Pick the personal pronoun from the sentence:
    “The dog chased its tail.”
  11. Underline the personal pronouns in the sentence:
    “I think we will win the game today.”
  12. Identify the personal pronouns here:
    “They looked at us and smiled.”
  13. Find all personal pronouns in the sentence:
    “She gave him her phone number.”
  14. Which of these words are personal pronouns: him, apple, they, school?
  15. In this sentence, “We saw them at the cinema,” which words are personal pronouns?
  16. True or False: “Our” is a personal pronoun in the sentence “Our team played well.”
  17. Identify the personal pronoun(s) in this sentence:
    “I gave you the message earlier.”
  18. Select the personal pronoun from the list below:
    “apple, her, ball, they”
  19. Find the personal pronouns in the sentence:
    “You should ask if he wants to join us.”
  20. Which words in this sentence are personal pronouns?
    “She and I went to the library together.”

Answers ✔️

  1. She, him, I, her
  2. We, they, us
  3. He
  4. I, you
  5. They
  6. You, I
  7. True
  8. They, our
  9. He, me, you
  10. None (its is a possessive pronoun, not a personal pronoun)
  11. I, we
  12. They, us
  13. She, him, her
  14. Him, they
  15. We, them
  16. False (Our is a possessive pronoun, not a personal pronoun)
  17. I, you
  18. Her, they
  19. You, he, us
  20. She, I

These questions and answers will help Year 6 students practise identifying personal pronouns, an important skill in English grammar. Remember, personal pronouns refer to specific people or things and include words like I, you, he, she, it, we, and they. 📚✨