Virginia SOL 4.LU.1.F
The Standard
Use standard noun-pronoun agreement when speaking and writing.
Virginia Standards of Learning for English · Grammar
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students choose pronouns that match the nouns they replace in number and person. They use those matches correctly when speaking and writing.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students consistently match singular nouns with singular pronouns and plural nouns with plural pronouns. They can find and correct agreement errors in their own speaking and writing.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may match a pronoun with the nearest noun instead of the noun it replaces. They may mix singular and plural forms or shift person, as in “A student should check your work.”
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Rewrite “The soccer players placed his bags by the door” so the noun and pronoun agree. Circle the noun and underline the pronoun.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Use sentence strips to match noun cards with pronoun cards, then read each completed sentence aloud and explain why the pair agrees.
Write three sentences about a class pet, then circle each noun and underline the pronoun that refers to it.
Play Pronoun Relay: teams replace repeated nouns in five posted sentences with pronouns that match in number and person.
Edit a short school announcement so every pronoun agrees with the student, group, or class named in the message.
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Related Standards
- 5.LU.1.E
Use standard subject-verb agreement when speaking and writing.
- 4.LU.1.E
Use standard subject-verb agreement when speaking and writing.
- 6.LU.1.B
Use pronoun-antecedent agreement, including indefinite and reflexive pronouns when speaking and writing.
- 7.LU.1.B
Recognize and use pronoun-antecedent agreement, including indefinite, reflexive, and relative pronouns, when speaking and writing.
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