Engaging and Interactive ESL Lessons to Teach Pronouns with Fun Activities
This Level 2 Pronouns Unit from SuperEnglishESL.com is designed to help young ESL learners master subject pronouns (I, you, he, she, we, they, it) through interactive lessons, phonics exercises, engaging stories, and real-world applications. Each lesson builds on prior knowledge to strengthen students’ understanding of English grammar in a structured yet fun and engaging way.
Online ESL teachers will appreciate the low-prep nature of these lessons, with clear objectives, visual supports, and downloadable worksheets. The varied activities—including chants, role-plays, and board games—make it ideal for 1:1 online tutoring, classroom instruction, or homeschooling.
By the end of this unit, students will confidently use subject pronouns in sentences, improving both comprehension and spoken fluency.
Each lesson focuses on different pronouns while incorporating reading, phonics, and interactive exercises for engaging and effective learning.
Students begin with “I” and “You” to talk about themselves and others in simple sentences.
✔️ Warm-up: Memory game (matching common places like school, park, home).
✔️ Reading & Discussion: Using “I” and “You” in daily life (e.g., “I am a boy.” “Where are you?”).
✔️ Vocabulary Focus: I, you, school, home, shop, park, zoo, market.
✔️ Grammar & Sentence Structures: “I am…” and “You are…”
✔️ Phonics: Short “e” sounds (web, egg, vet, ten).
✔️ Interactive Elements: Tic-Tac-Toe, fill-in-the-blank exercises, role-playing conversations.
✔️ Real-Life Applications: Answering questions about where they are and who they are with.
Students expand their knowledge by learning how to talk about other people using “he” and “she.”
✔️ Warm-up: “Which one is different?” activity (categorizing people, animals, and objects).
✔️ Reading & Discussion: Using he/she in daily situations (e.g., “He is a boy.” “She is at the shop.”).
✔️ Vocabulary Focus: He, she, boy, girl, see, school, teacher, shop.
✔️ Grammar & Sentence Structures: “He goes to school.” “She sees a monkey.”
✔️ Phonics: Short “e” words (jet, net, wet, pet).
✔️ Interactive Elements: Matching pronouns to pictures, sentence-building games.
✔️ Real-Life Applications: Describing people in family, classroom, and friends.
This lesson teaches students to describe groups of people using “we” and “they.”
✔️ Warm-up: Rhyming words matching game.
✔️ Reading & Discussion: Using “we” and “they” to talk about groups (e.g., “We go to school.” “They see monkeys.”).
✔️ Vocabulary Focus: We, they, friends, students, park, teacher.
✔️ Grammar & Sentence Structures: “Where do they go?” “Who are they?”
✔️ Phonics: Short “e” sounds (hen, pen, men, ten).
✔️ Interactive Elements: Maze activities, sentence-building, role-playing conversations.
✔️ Real-Life Applications: Talking about classmates, family members, and groups of people.
Students learn how to describe things and animals using “it.”
✔️ Warm-up: Connect-the-dots activity.
✔️ Reading & Discussion: Using “it” to describe objects and animals (e.g., “It is a dog.” “It is at home.”).
✔️ Vocabulary Focus: It, dog, home, bike, bird, zoo, park.
✔️ Grammar & Sentence Structures: “What is it?” “Where is it?”
✔️ Phonics: Short “e” sounds (bed, red, fed, wed).
✔️ Interactive Elements: Tic-Tac-Toe, picture-based activities.
✔️ Real-Life Applications: Describing pets, objects in the home, and things around them.
A fun, engaging review of all pronouns (I, you, he, she, we, they, it) with interactive exercises and assessment tasks.
✔️ Warm-up: Spot-the-difference picture game.
✔️ Assessment Tasks:
✅ Young ESL learners (Pre-A1) in online, classroom, or homeschool settings.
✅ 1:1 tutoring or small group classes.
✅ ESL teachers looking for structured, engaging, and low-prep lessons.
📄 Lesson Previews & Worksheets
🧩 Games & Flashcards
📚 Reading Passages & Rhymes
🔊 Phonics & Sentence-Building Exercises
📌 Use real-life examples (e.g., pointing to objects or people) to reinforce pronoun use.
📌 Encourage daily practice with simple Q&A sessions: “Who is he?” “Where are they?”
📌 Incorporate movement games to make learning more interactive.