Who Is Telling the Story? Pronoun Clues

Remind your child that I, me, my, we and our mean the narrator is in the story. If the pronouns are only he, she or they, the narrator is telling about others. Check with the answer key.

Underline the pronouns in six short excerpts, circle first, second or third person and name the narrator. A first person narrator is in the story (I, we). A second person narrator talks to you. A third person narrator tells about others (he, she, they). The directions on the page read: Underline every pronoun. Circle First, Second or Third. Then, write the narrator's name. If the narrator does not give their own name, write not named. 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 pronouns and point of view. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

A first person narrator uses I, me, my and we. A second person text talks to you. A third person narrator tells about others with he, she, they or a name.

Replace I, me and my with the character's name or he, him and his, and change we and us to they and them. The rest of the sentence stays the same.

L.4.1 covers grammar and usage, including pronouns. RL.4.6 asks 4th graders to compare first and third person narrations.

Yes. All three sheets have an answer key with the pronouns, the point of view and sample rewritten sentences.

Fourth graders work on pronoun-antecedent agreement (CCSS L.4.1b), 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.