Personal Pronouns Worksheets

A pronoun is a small word that takes the place of a noun so we don't repeat names over and over: he, she, it, we, they, me, her, my. Second graders find the pronouns in a sentence and say which noun each one replaces. In "Maya lost her jacket," the pronoun is "her."

By grade

What students need to know

A pronoun takes the place of a noun: he, she, it, we, they, her, my.

This skill runs from 1st grade through 3rd grade. Pick a grade above for level-matched sentences, teaching notes, and worksheets.

Personal Pronouns across the grades

1st Grade

Pronouns stand in for names so we don't repeat them: Sam becomes he, Mia and Ana become they. First graders find the stand-in word and connect it back to whoever it replaced.

2nd Grade

A pronoun is a small word that takes the place of a noun so we don't repeat names over and over: he, she, it, we, they, me, her, my. Second graders find the pronouns in a sentence and say which noun each one replaces. In "Maya lost her jacket," the pronoun is "her."

3rd Grade

A pronoun replaces a noun: he, she, it, we, they, and the possessives my, her, their. By 3rd grade, students find every pronoun in a sentence and can point back to the noun it stands for, which sets up pronoun-antecedent agreement work in the next grades.