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Pronoun Worksheet – Hansel and Gretel

Updated: 19 Jul 2019

Use this pronoun worksheet to get students identifying pronouns in the context of a well-known fairy tale.

Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 3 Pages
Years: 2 - 4

Curriculum

VC2E2LA04

Understand how texts are made cohesive by using personal and possessive pronouns and by omitting words that can be inferred <ul> <li>identifying language used to build information across a text, for example by connecting similar and dissimilar things</li> <li>mapping examples of word associations in texts, for example words that refer to the main character in a story, such as ‘Isy’, ‘she’, ‘I’, ‘sister’, ‘student’</li> <li>tracking how a person or thing is identified through a section of a text, for example ‘eggs’, ‘they’, ‘them’</li> <li>identifying words left out that can be inferred from the surrounding text; for example, in ‘Xanthe went to school. She had a lovely day’, ‘at school’ is inferred</li> <li>using personal and possessive pronouns to link entities previously mentioned in the text</li> </ul>
VC2E2LA07

Understand that in sentences, nouns may be extended into noun groups using articles and adjectives, and verbs may be expressed as verb groups <ul> <li>identifying nouns that refer to people, places, concrete objects and ideas in sentences, and identifying the articles and adjectives that extend those nouns</li> <li>building extended noun groups using articles and adjectives, for example ‘the longest side’</li> <li>building extended verb groups using verbs, for example ‘gently touched’</li> <li>investigating how noun groups can be built up by asking questions about the noun such as ‘How many?’, ‘What’s it like?’ and ‘What type?’, for example ‘two pairs of old walking shoes’</li> </ul>

teaching resource

Pronoun Worksheet – Hansel and Gretel

Updated: 19 Jul 2019

Use this pronoun worksheet to get students identifying pronouns in the context of a well-known fairy tale.

Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 3 Pages
Years: 2 - 4

Use this pronoun worksheet to get students identifying pronouns in the context of a well-known fairy tale.

A Pronoun Worksheet for Hansel and Gretel

Enhance your students’ understanding of pronouns with this engaging pronoun worksheet, designed to complement the classic tale of Hansel and Gretel. This resource helps students identify and apply pronouns in context, reinforcing their grammar skills in an interactive and meaningful way.

Here’s what to expect from this pronoun worksheet:

Students will read the story of Hansel and Gretel provided in the resource.
After reading, students will identify four characters from the story and write them on the accompanying worksheet.
Next to each character they have identified, they will list the pronouns that could be used in place of those names.

This exercise helps students recognise the practical use of pronouns as substitutes for nouns, building their comprehension and writing fluency.

Classroom Applications for This Pronouns Worksheet

Here are some ways you might like to integrate this pronouns worksheet into your grammar lessons:

Whole-Class Read Along – Project the Hansel and Gretel story onto your interactive whiteboard. Read the story aloud. Have the students put their hands up every time they hear a noun that could be replaced with a pronoun, or a pronoun of any kind. Circle or underline these words in the text.
Group Activity – Incorporate the worksheet into a grammar learning station as part of a rotating set of activities. Place the Hansel and Gretel text into a dry erase sleeve and have the students work together to identify the character nouns and pronouns.
Writing Extension – Challenge students to rewrite a short scene from Hansel and Gretel using pronouns in place of character names to practise pronoun substitution.

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Curriculum

VC2E2LA04

Understand how texts are made cohesive by using personal and possessive pronouns and by omitting words that can be inferred <ul> <li>identifying language used to build information across a text, for example by connecting similar and dissimilar things</li> <li>mapping examples of word associations in texts, for example words that refer to the main character in a story, such as ‘Isy’, ‘she’, ‘I’, ‘sister’, ‘student’</li> <li>tracking how a person or thing is identified through a section of a text, for example ‘eggs’, ‘they’, ‘them’</li> <li>identifying words left out that can be inferred from the surrounding text; for example, in ‘Xanthe went to school. She had a lovely day’, ‘at school’ is inferred</li> <li>using personal and possessive pronouns to link entities previously mentioned in the text</li> </ul>
VC2E2LA07

Understand that in sentences, nouns may be extended into noun groups using articles and adjectives, and verbs may be expressed as verb groups <ul> <li>identifying nouns that refer to people, places, concrete objects and ideas in sentences, and identifying the articles and adjectives that extend those nouns</li> <li>building extended noun groups using articles and adjectives, for example ‘the longest side’</li> <li>building extended verb groups using verbs, for example ‘gently touched’</li> <li>investigating how noun groups can be built up by asking questions about the noun such as ‘How many?’, ‘What’s it like?’ and ‘What type?’, for example ‘two pairs of old walking shoes’</li> </ul>

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