Worksheet 3.4 (Personal Pronouns). Name________________________. A. On
the line after each sentence, write the antecedent for the personal pronoun in.
Chapter 3 - Growing with Pronouns Worksheet 3.4 (Personal Pronouns)
Name________________________
A. On the line after each sentence, write the antecedent for the personal pronoun in bold. (3.4) Example: Cody had his backpack.
Cody_____
1. Mary, you look tired.
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2. “I want to go down the slide,” said Baxter.
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3. The bird carried food to its young.
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4. Jerry drew pictures in his notebook.
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5. Is this your fishing pole, Alan?
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6. Nico and Omar wrote a letter to their cousin.
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7. Sebastian said, “That stamp collection is mine.”
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8. Trudy said that she loves to learn about whales.
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9. You are a great soccer player, Ed.
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10. Amber and Maria said that rabbit is theirs.
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11. Asta brushes her hair.
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12. George and I went to see our grandmother.
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13. Caleb wrote a letter to his friend.
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14. The rabbit ran for its life.
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15. The goslings followed their mother.
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16. Stefan, your dinner is ready.
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17. Laura cleaned her room.
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18. Does your printer work, Brad?
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19. Sloane and Kirsten played with their puppy.
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20. Ed and I ate our lunch quickly.
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Chapter 3 - Growing with Pronouns B. Complete the following sentences with a personal pronoun that refers to the antecedent in bold. (3.4) 1. My sister wore __________ new dress today. 2. Craig and Lorna could not find __________ mother. 3. The wolf licked __________ paws. 4. The doctor asked me about __________ symptoms. 5. Dad is looking forward to __________ vacation. 6. Conrad likes to look through __________ telescope. 7. Missy and Belle said __________ are going to the game on Friday. 8. We painted __________ fence today. C. Write a possessive pronoun on the line to take the place of the possessive noun.
(3.3)
1. Jane’s decision
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2. the children’s sand castle
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3. the fisherman’s bait
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4. the television’s sound
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5. my family’s home
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6. the house’s roof
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7. the skaters’ skates
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8. Kate’s manners
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D. Write the plural form of each noun.
(2.4, 2.5, & 2.6)
1. ash
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5. letter
2. story
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6. mystery ______________________
3. person
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7. fish
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4. tooth
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8. tray
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Chapter 6 - Growing with Adverbs Worksheet 6.4 (Adverbs that Compare)
Name________________________
A. Write the comparative and superlative forms of these adverbs. Examples:
hard → harder gracefully → more gracefully
(6.4)
hardest most gracefully
1. well
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2. heavily
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3. badly
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4. fast
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5. far
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6. slowly
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7. little
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8. carefully ____________________________ ____________________________ 9. easily
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10. suddenly ____________________________ ____________________________ 11. smoothly ____________________________ ____________________________ 12. brightly
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13. coldly
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14. quickly
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15. sharply
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16. loudly
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17. softly
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18. quietly
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Chapter 6 - Growing with Adverbs B. Circle the correct form of the adverb for each sentence.
(6.4)
1. This car runs ( fast, faster, fastest ) than that car. 2. I feel ( badly, worse, worst ) today than I did yesterday. 3. She stayed up the ( late, later, latest ) of everyone. 4. Bob swings ( carefully, more carefully, most carefully ) of all the boys. 5. The blue kite flies ( high, higher, highest ) than the green kite. 6. Jackie spent ( little, less, least ) on her lunch than Claudia. 7. Dan’s car is the ( most slowest, slowest ) in town. 8. Our group walked ( fast, faster, fastest ) of all the groups. 9. Dad works ( hard, harder, hardest ) on the weekends than the weekdays. 10. Terrence remembers the song ( well, better, best ) of all the singers.
C. Rewrite these sentences using proper capitalization and punctuation. (1.11, 2.9, & 3.7 - 3.10)
1. john did you visit the grand canyon ______________________________________________________________________ 2. cameron brushed his hair but I flossed my teeth ______________________________________________________________________ 3. aunt patricia used ajax cleanser in the sink ______________________________________________________________________ 4. robert can you locate saskatchewan on the map ______________________________________________________________________
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