Fix the Pronoun Mistakes in a Letter

Have your child find the pronoun that is the subject and decide if it means one or more than one. On the letter, read each fix aloud. Check with the answer key.

Fix eight pronoun mistakes like hisself, theirselves and Leo and I in a letter to Aunt Rosa. A pronoun must match its noun. Use I and we as subjects, and me, him and us after a verb. The directions on the page read: In Part A, find the 8 pronoun mistakes. Cross out each one and write the fix above it. In Part B, write sentences 1 and 6 correctly. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 4th Grade pronouns, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with pronoun agreement. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

Pronoun agreement means using a pronoun that matches its antecedent in number (singular/plural), gender, and person - mismatches create confusion and are one of the most common grammar errors in student writing.

A frequent error is using a plural pronoun to refer to a singular antecedent, such as 'Everyone forgot their lunch' - students must learn to match the pronoun to the noun it replaces.

Anonymized student writing samples with agreement errors are powerful teaching tools - students can identify and correct the errors collaboratively, making the skill concrete and relevant.

Fourth graders keep working on pronoun-antecedent agreement (first taught in CCSS L.3.1.F), ensuring pronouns match their antecedents in number, person, and gender. They should recognize and correct vague pronoun references and distinguish between subject, object, and possessive pronoun forms in complex sentences. Relative pronouns (who, whose, whom, which, that) are also introduced (L.4.1a).

Relative pronouns (who, whom, whose, which, that) introduce relative clauses that modify nouns: the teacher who helped me, the book that I read. CCSS L.4.1a introduces relative pronouns and relative adverbs (where, when, why). Fourth graders learn to identify the relative clause and understand which pronoun is appropriate (who for people, which/that for things).

Teach students to identify the antecedent before choosing a pronoun. Common errors include using they for a singular antecedent (everyone brought their book vs. everyone brought his or her book) and unclear reference when two nouns could be the antecedent. Editing worksheets where students find and fix agreement errors in a passage build proofreading skills alongside grammar knowledge.