English Language Arts
Grade 3
15 min
Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns
Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns
What you'll learn
- Identify and differentiate between personal and reflexive pronouns in a given sentence with 80% accuracy.
- Apply the correct personal or reflexive pronoun to complete 5 out of 6 sentences demonstrating proper pronoun-antecedent agreement.
- Explain the difference in usage between personal and reflexive pronouns, providing at least two distinct examples for each type in a written paragraph.
- Analyze a paragraph and correct any errors in personal or reflexive pronoun usage, achieving at least 90% accuracy.
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Introduction & Learning Objectives
Learning Objectives
Define personal pronouns and reflexive pronouns.
Identify the subject of a sentence.
Recognize that reflexive pronouns end in '-self' or '-selves'.
Choose the correct personal pronoun to act as a subject or object in a sentence.
Determine when a reflexive pronoun is needed because the subject is doing an action to itself.
Correctly use personal and reflexive pronouns in their own sentences.
Have you ever looked in a mirror and seen yourself? ✨ Some special words, called pronouns, act like mirrors in our sentences!
Today, we will learn about two types of pronouns: personal and reflexive. Knowing which one to choose will make your sentences clearer and help you become a super sentence-builder.
Real-World Applications
Telling a stor...
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Key Concepts & Vocabulary
TermDefinitionExample
PronounA word that takes the place of a noun (a person, place, or thing).Instead of 'Maria threw the ball,' you can say 'She threw the ball.' 'She' is the pronoun.
SubjectThe person or thing that is doing the action in a sentence.In 'The dog chased the cat,' the 'dog' is the subject because it is doing the chasing.
Personal PronounA pronoun used for a person or thing. It can be the subject (I, you, he, she, it, we, they) or the object (me, you, him, her, it, us, them).He gave the book to me. ('He' is the subject, 'me' is the object).
Reflexive PronounA pronoun that 'reflects' back to the subject. It is used when the subject of the sentence is also the object of the action.The cat licked i...
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Key Rules & Conventions
The Action Rule
Use a PERSONAL pronoun when the subject does an action to someone or something else.
If the action is going from the subject to a different person or thing, you need a personal pronoun like 'me', 'him', 'her', or 'us'.
The Mirror Rule
Use a REFLEXIVE pronoun when the subject does an action to itself.
If the action is 'reflecting' back to the subject, you need a reflexive pronoun that ends in '-self' or '-selves', like 'myself', 'himself', or 'themselves'.
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Challenging
Which sentence is the only one written completely correctly?
A.Me and my friend built a fort.
B.The teacher gave extra help to Tim and I.
C.The players congratulated themselves on the victory.
D.Please return the book to myself when you are done.
Challenging
What is the key difference in meaning between "She bought her a gift" and "She bought herself a gift"?
A.The first sentence is past tense, and the second is present tense.
B.There is no difference in meaning; both are correct.
C.In the first sentence she bought a gift for another girl; in the second, she bought a gift for herself.
D.In the first sentence she bought a gift for herself; in the second, she bought a gift for another girl.
Challenging
A dad says to his kids, "You need to clean up this mess by ____." Which pronoun correctly fills the blank?
A.yourself
B.yourselves
C.you
D.themselves
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