Pronouns Odes and Insults

1. PronounsOdes and Insults Spaghetti Spaghetti! Spaghetti! Spaghetti! you're wonderful stuff, I love you spaghetti, I can't get enough. You're covered with sauce and you're sprinkled with cheese, spaghetti! spaghetti! oh, give me some please.

2. Definition: A pronoun replaces a noun (a name). A pronoun goes in the sentence in the place of the noun or noun phrase. Abi made some cakes for the competition. She was proud of those that were hers. Abi made some cakes for the competition. Abi was proud of the cakes that were Abi’s. Without the pronouns the text is repetitive and hard to say.

3. There are different types of pronoun: Personal pronouns – I, me, you, he, she, it, him, her, they 2. Possessive pronouns – mine, yours, its, ours, theirs, his, hers

4. 1. Personal pronouns These refer to a missing name of a person, creature, place or thing. Ali loves crisps. Heloves them. Emma ate the sandwich. She ate it. Class Fourmunch their lunch. They munch it. Our teamhave oranges at half time. We have them at half time. Dan made dinner for Rover. He made dinner for him. Mrs Green slurps pinkmilkshake. I slurp it.

5. 2. Possessive pronouns or determiners These refer to the possession of someone or something by someone or something. Possessive pronouns stand in place of the noun If it doesn’t replace the noun or noun phrase, then it is not a pronoun. The apple is yours. Dave’s The cake is mine. Miss Dean’s The picnic is ours. Class Four’s

6. Can you replace the underlined words with pronouns? The Sprout-Eating Contest Emma stared at the towers of sprouts. The towers of sprouts were rather slimy and the towers of sprouts were steaming. Emma gulped nervously and slid the plate that was Emma’s nearer. Emma gripped the fork wishing that Emma had never agreed to the competition. Emma took her fork reluctantly and plunged it in to the first squishy horror! They they She She hers she it them Much less repetitive! ANSWERS

7. The noun is still here, so these are not pronouns. Spot the pronoun Pronounsreplace their noun. The noun will no longer be there. Replaces Joe Replaces Joe Replaces the cake Joe ate the cake. He pushed up his sleeves. Then he picked it up and sunk his teeth into it. The cake oozed out of the sides of his mouth. This cake was all his! Replaces the cake Replaces Joe’s Can you spot the pronouns? ANSWERS

8. Pronouns help link sentences together. They refer back to the noun they have replaced. Mrs Twit sneaked out of the house and dug up some worms. She chose big long ones and put them in a tin. She carried it back to the house under her apron. At one o'clock, Mrs Twit cooked spaghetti for lunch and she mixed the worms in with the spaghetti, but only on her husband's plate. The worms didn't show because they were covered in tomato sauce and sprinkled with cheese. Can you spot the pronouns which link back to Mrs Twit? Can you spot the pronouns which link back to the worms?

9. Pronouns help link sentences together. They refer back to the noun they have replaced. Mrs Twit sneaked out of the house and dug up some worms. She chose big long ones and put them in a tin. She carried it back to the house under her apron. At one o'clock, Mrs Twit cooked spaghetti for lunch and she mixed the worms in with the spaghetti, but only on her husband's plate. The worms didn't show because they were covered in tomato sauce and sprinkled with cheese. Can you spot the pronouns which link back to the worms? Each series of nouns and pronouns weaves meaning through the text. We call this flow, cohesion.