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Grade 5 Reading & Writing · World 4: Grammar Forge · Level 29
Fix Vague Pronouns
Find which noun it or they could mean, and rewrite the sentence.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 29
- A pronoun needs one clear noun to point to. Read this: when the dog chased the cat, it ran up a tree. Which one ran up the tree?
- That's a vague pronoun. It could mean two things, so the reader has to guess.
- To fix it, name the noun: when the dog chased the cat, the cat ran up a tree. You can also reword the sentence.
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards:
- 5.L.GC.1.45 — Usage: Recognize and correct vague pronoun references. (Continue)