Virginia SOL 6.LU.1.B
The Standard
Use pronoun-antecedent agreement, including indefinite and reflexive pronouns 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 match pronouns with the nouns or indefinite pronouns they refer to in number and person. They choose correct reflexive forms when the subject acts on itself.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students identify the antecedent for each pronoun and keep the number and person consistent. They correctly use forms such as themselves, ourselves, and singular they in complete sentences.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may use a plural pronoun with a singular indefinite antecedent without checking whether the meaning is clear. They may write incorrect forms such as hisself or theirselves, or use a reflexive pronoun without an antecedent.
How to Assess It
- Give students: “Everyone should bring ___ notebook, and the players congratulated ___ after the win.” Ask them to fill each blank and label its antecedent.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs antecedent cards and pronoun cards, then have them build matching sentences and explain each number and person choice.
Ask students to write three versions of one sentence using everyone, several, and the team, then compare the pronouns they chose.
Play Pronoun Repair Relay: teams correct one mismatch at a time, including herself, themselves, everyone, neither, and both.
Have students edit pronouns in a school announcement, team rule sheet, or club email, then read the revised version aloud.
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Related Standards
- 1.LU.1.C
Use personal and possessive pronouns to represent nouns.
- 4.LU.1.F
Use standard noun-pronoun agreement when speaking and writing.
- 8.LU.1.B
Recognize and use pronoun-antecedent agreement, including indefinite, reflexive, and relative 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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