Mug 8/Pronouns and Antecedents

Grammar- Pronouns and Antecedents

Grammar Lesson!

​Pronouns and Antecedents

What are Antecedents?

Pronouns replace nouns.

Antecedents are the nouns that are/were replaced

Multiple Choice

What is the antecedent in the sentence - The furniture movers left their truck in the driveway.

• furniture

• movers

• driveway

• truck

Multiple Choice

What is the antecedent in the sentence - Marion and she are giving their time to help.

• time

• help

• Marion

• Marion & she

Multiple Choice

What is the antecedent in the sentence - Amanda gave Jeff her notes.

• Amanda

• Jeff

• notes

• gave

Multiple Choice

What is the antecedent in the sentence - Has Dad worn his new suit yet?

• worn

• Dad

• suit

• new

Multiple Choice

What is the antecedent in the sentence - Susan and Zak enjoy their karate lessons.

• Susan

• karate

• Susan & Zak

• lessons

Multiple Choice

What is the antecedent in the sentence - Antonio cooked his own breakfast.

• breakfast

• Antonio

• cooked

• own

Multiple Choice

What is the antecedent in the sentence - The little girl broke her foot on the slide.

• little

• broke

• girl

• slide

Multiple Choice

What is the antecedent in the sentence - A large black spider spun its web.

• spun

• spider

• black

• web

Multiple Choice

What is the antecedent in the sentence - He finished his photo album today.

• He

• photo

• album

• finished

Multiple Choice

What is the antecedent in the sentence - My brother and I want our own phone.

• brother & I

• I

• phone

• brother

Multiple Choice

What is the antecendent in this sentence?
Jinx liked the dancing she saw on television.

• Jinx
• dancing
• she 
• television

Multiple Choice

What is the antecedent in these sentences?
The students did not want to dance. They liked the trampoline.

• The students
• dance
• They
• trampoline

Multiple Choice

When pronouns are badly used, it can be difficult to tell which noun it is referring to.

Explain why the sentence below is problematic:

The girl and her sister knew she was in deep trouble.

• Because the antecedent isn't clear, you don't know who is in deep trouble.

• Because there are two pronouns, you don't know who is doing the action.

• Because there is not a pronoun used, you repeat yourself by saying the word "sister" twice.

• The writer should have named the sister in the sentence to avoid confusion.

Open Ended

Practice writing sentences with both a pronoun and an antecedent.

Open Ended

Correct this sentence so that the antecedent is clear.

When he found his lost dog, he was so happy.