Grade 1 - Early world Civilizations

200 Early World Civilizations: Supplemental Guide 11B | Tutankhamun, The Golden Pharaoh, Part I

 Syntactic Awareness Activity^5 minutes

Indefi nite Pronouns

Indefi nite Pronoun Meaning

everybody all people

somebody unknown person

something unknown thing

Note: The purpose of these syntactic activities is to help students

understand the direct connection between grammatical structures

and the meaning of text. These syntactic activities should be used

in conjunction with the complex text presented in the read-alouds.

There may be variations, in the sentences created by your class.

Allow for these variations and restate students’ sentences so that

they are grammatical.

Directions: We have been learning about pronouns. We use

pronouns when we speak and write to replace words that stand

for people or things. Today we will learn about indefi nite pronouns.

We use indefi nite pronouns to talk about people and things but not

specifi c people and things.

1. When I am talking about all people, I use the pronoun
   everybody to refer to all the people in one place. Listen as I
   tell all the people in this class to do something. “Everybody
   stand up!”

• Now you try: I will call on a few students to tell the whole class
  to do something. Use the word everybody to refer to all the
  people in this class. Use this sentence starter to help you begin:
  “Everybody [give command]!”

2. When I am talking about a person but not a specifi c person,
   or when I am talking about an unknown person, I use the
   pronoun somebody. Listen as I ask one person, any person,
   from the class to help me do something. “Can somebody
   please help me get my whiteboard eraser?”

• Now you try: I will call on a few students to ask one person, any
  person, from the class to help him or her do something. Use the
  pronoun somebody to refer to any person in this class. Use this
  sentence starter to help you begin: “Can somebody please [give
  request]?”