Subjects and Antecedents

Pronouns and Antecedents

Pronouns

• A pronoun is a word that can take the place of one or more nouns in a sentence.

  
  

• Pronouns can be singular or plural

• The pronouns I, you, he, she, it, we, and they are subject pronouns.

  
  

Multiple Choice

Find the subject pronoun in the sentence:

Mary sent a message to them.

• Mary

• Sent

• them

Multiple Choice

Find the subject pronoun in te sentence:

Joe thinks it is a good idea.

• Joe

• it

• good

Antecedent

• The word that the pronoun relates to

• It is usually a noun, or a proper noun

• Example: Sam dropped his textbook on the floor.

• His is the pronoun.

• Who is his?

• His is Sam.

• Sam is the ANTECEDENT

Multiple Choice

In the morning Elizabeth opened her window to look at the clouds.

What is the pronoun?

• Elizabeth

• window

• her

• the

Multiple Choice

In the morning Elizabeth opened her window to look at the clouds.

What is the antecedent?

• Elizabeth

• the

• her

• window

Open Ended

Your turn: Complete the sentence with an antecedent.

________ walked to the park. She enjoyed swinging.

Open Ended

Your turn: Complete the sentence with an antecedent.

_________ hit the baseball. He hit it over the fence.

Open Ended

Complete the sentence with an antecedent.

________ went under the water. It went really deep.

Open Ended

Complete the sentence with a pronoun.

The cake was very tasty. ______ had a lot of frosting.

Open Ended

Complete the sentence with a pronoun.

The book was very interesting when the girl read ______.

Open Ended

Complete the sentence with an antecedent.

_________ are painting their house.