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r Writing book as a starting point; the reading level of difficulty is, therefore, not high activity 1 - highlight the pronouns used and say which noun they refer to; check their accuracy in terms of gender and number activity 2 cloze procedure, deciding which pronoun fits activity 3 render the text unintelligible or contrived by replacing all nouns relating to people with pronouns replacing all pronouns with noun phrases activity 4 replace as many pronouns as possible, keeping the initial meaning and grammatical accuracy the value of these activities will be in the quality of the discussion about impact on meaning and style the learning is about the value of this word class in terms of clarity, accuracy and brevity and its importance in holding a text together

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Collect and Classify

UNIT 15 Year 3 Term 3 S2 and S3

Joc tapped her foot impatiently while she waited for her mother to decide. Her mother seemed to be taking an age. First she had to turn the oven on and then she decided the sink needed cleaning. Joc waited patiently, but she could not help drumming her fingers upon the table. One sharp glance from her mother and Joc stopped. Just when it looked as if her mother might decide, Jocs brother Chris wandered in, with his friend Taro. The two boys made straight for the fridge. They didnt even glance at Mrs Holton. It was as if they had not even seen her. Who said you could help yourselves? snapped Mrs Holton. The boys grinned sheepishly. But we are starving, whined Chris. Taro looked embarrassed. He hadnt bargained to mingle with an irate mother on the prowl. She fixed the children with one of her famous looks and, with a sharp intake of breath, launched into what turned out to be a force eight blast of irritation that had brewed over the last few weeks. They deserved it and they knew it. Joc stared at her shoecaps and toed the carpet.
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Highlight the pronouns.

Joc tapped her foot impatiently while she waited for her mother to decide. Her mother seemed to be taking an age. First she had to turn the oven on and then she decided the sink needed cleaning. Joc waited patiently, but she could not help drumming her fingers upon the table. One sharp glance from her mother and Joc stopped. Just when it looked as if her mother might decide, Jocs brother Chris wandered in, with his friend Taro. The two boys made straight for the fridge. They didnt even glance at Mrs Holton. It was as if they had not even seen her. Who said you could help yourselves? snapped Mrs Holton. The boys grinned sheepishly. But we are starving, whined Chris. Taro looked embarrassed. He hadnt bargained to mingle with an irate mother on the prowl. She fixed the children with one of her famous looks and, with a sharp intake of breath, launched into what turned out to be a force eight blast of irritation that had brewed over the last few weeks. They deserved it and they knew it. Joc stared at her shoecaps and toed the carpet.

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Copy and paste the pronouns and their related word.

Pronoun her she

Noun Joc Joc

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Pronoun cloze procedure. Which pronoun fits?

Joc tapped her foot impatiently while she waited for her mother to decide. Her mother seemed to be taking an age. First she had to turn the oven on and then she decided the sink needed cleaning. Joc waited patiently, but she could not help drumming her fingers upon the table. One sharp glance from her mother and Joc stopped. Just when it looked as if her mother might decide, Jocs brother Chris wandered in, with his friend Taro. The two boys made straight for the fridge. They didnt even glance at Mrs Holton. It was as if they had not even seen her. Who said you could help yourselves? snapped Mrs Holton. The boys grinned sheepishly. But we are starving, whined Chris. Taro looked embarrassed. He hadnt bargained to mingle with an irate mother on the prowl. She fixed the children with one of her famous looks and, with a sharp intake of breath, launched into what turned out to be a force eight blast of irritation that had brewed over the last few weeks. They deserved it and they knew it. Joc stared at her shoecaps and toed the carpet.

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Replace all nouns relating to people with pronouns.

She tapped her foot impatiently while she waited for her to decide. She seemed to be taking an age. First she had to turn the oven on and then she decided the sink needed cleaning. She waited patiently, but she could not help drumming her fingers upon the table. One sharp glance from her and she stopped. Just when it looked as if she might decide, he wandered in, with him. They made straight for the fridge. They didnt even glance at her. It was as if they had not even seen her. Who said you could help yourselves? she snapped. They grinned sheepishly. But we are starving, he whined. He looked embarrassed. He hadnt bargained to mingle with her on the prowl. She fixed them with one of her famous looks and, with a sharp intake of breath, launched into what turned out to be a force eight blast of irritation that had brewed over the last few weeks. They deserved it and they knew it. She stared at her shoecaps and toed the carpet.

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Replace all pronouns with noun phrases.

Joc tapped Jocs foot impatiently while Joc waited for Jocs mother to decide. Jocs mother seemed to be taking an age. First Jocs mother had to turn the oven on and then Jocs mother decided the sink needed cleaning. Joc waited patiently, but Joc could not help drumming Jocs fingers upon the table. One sharp glance from Jocs mother and Joc stopped. Just when it looked as if Jocs mother might decide, Jocs brother Chris wandered in, with Chris friend Taro. The two boys made straight for the fridge. The two boys didnt even glance at Mrs Holton. It was as if the two boys had not even seen Mrs Holton. Who said Chris and Taro could help Chris and Taro? snapped Mrs Holton. The boys grinned sheepishly. But Chris and Taro are starving, whined Chris. Taro looked embarrassed. Taro hadnt bargained to mingle with an irate mother on the prowl. An irate mother fixed the children with one of an irate mothers famous looks and, with a sharp intake of breath, launched into what turned out to be a force eight blast of irritation that had brewed over the last few weeks. Chris and Taro deserved a force eight blast of irritation and Chris and Taro knew that Chris and Taro deserved a force eight blast of irritation. Joc stared at Jocs shoecaps and toed the carpet.

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Rewrite and avoid using pronouns.

Joc tapped a foot impatiently while waiting for mother to decide. Mother seemed to be taking an age, first turning the oven on and then deciding the sink needed cleaning. Joc waited patiently, but could not help drumming impatient fingers upon the table. One sharp glance from mother and Joc stopped. Just when it looked as if mother might decide, Jocs brother Chris wandered in, with a friend called Taro. The two boys made straight for the fridge and didnt even glance at Mrs Holton, who seemed to have become invisible. Who said you could help yourselves? snapped Mrs Holton. The boys grinned sheepishly. But we are starving, whined Chris. Taro looked embarrassed, not having bargained mingling with an irate mother on the prowl. Mother fixed the children with that famous look and, with a sharp intake of breath, launched into what turned out to be a force eight blast of irritation that had brewed over the last few weeks. The children deserved the outburst and knew so. Joc stared at scuffed shoecaps and toed the carpet.

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