Fix Shifts in Pronoun Number

Review singular and plural antecedents before the number sheet. Post the person chart from the second sheet so students can check each pronoun.

Fix 10 pronouns that shift in number, like a robot that raised its arm and then they beeped. A pronoun shift in number is an unneeded switch from singular to plural, or from plural to singular, in a pronoun that refers back to the same noun. The directions on the page read: Each sentence has one pronoun that does not match its antecedent in number. Cross it out and write the pronoun that matches on the line. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 6th 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 shifts. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

It is a switch from singular to plural, or plural to singular, for the same noun. In The oak tree dropped all of their acorns, their should be its.

It is a switch between first, second and third person, such as from we to your. We ran so fast that your hearts pounded should say our hearts.

Keep using one. If one grows tomatoes, one should water them often is correct, not you should water them.