Writer's Choice Grade 9

Unit 17: Using Pronouns Correctly

Short answer

Directions: Correct the following sentences, eliminating the inappropriate use of you by using either a third-person pronoun or a suitable noun.

1.
The Native Americans made dome-shaped houses out of bulrushes, which you called tule.
2.
Everyone knew how to build a tule house in which you could live year round.
3.
Adults would build a framework; you would take branches from willow trees and drive them into the ground.
4.
Even a small child could help gather the tule, which you would bundle and tie onto the willow framework.
5.
The children would help pack down the earthen floor, and then you would put sleeping mats on it.
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