Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

Antecedent

• Is the noun or pronoun that a pronoun refers to or replaces.
  

• Pronouns must agree with their antecedents in number, person, and gender.

Number

Use a singular pronoun to refer to a singular antecedent

Use a plural pronoun to refer to a plural antecedent

Mary finished her homework early.

• "Her" is a singular pronoun matching the singular antecedent "Mary."

The students are excited because they have completed their projects.

• "They" is a plural pronoun matching the plural antecedent "students.

examples

Fill in the Blanks

Identify the pronoun and antecedent in the sentence

Some tall tales are about real people, but the stories about them are exaggerated.

Multiple Choice

What is the pronoun and antecedent in the sentence

Other characters in tall tales are imaginary, but they are fascinating!

• they, tales

• they, characters

• are, tales

Multiple Choice

identify the pronoun and antecedent in the sentence below

For example, steel-drivin' man John Henry challenged a steam drill to a contest and beat it.

• it, drill

• it, John Henry

• drill, he

Multiple Choice

Davey Crockett bragged that he was half horse, half alligator.

• he, horse

• he, Davey Crockett

Fill in the Blanks

Identify the pronoun and the antecedent.

Johnny Appleseed planted apple seeds with the hope they would sprout, grow and beat it.

Fill in the Blanks

Identify the pronoun and their antecedent.

Everyone remembers Sweet Betsy from Pike and her travels across the wide prairie.

Multiple Choice

Slaves, yearning for freedom, told stories of a time when they could fly.

• stories, they

• Slaves, they

Fill in the Blanks

The stories about Mike Fink tell of his life as King of the Keelboatmen, the men who worked on cargo boats on the Mississippi River.