Pronouns & Vague Pronouns

Pronouns & Vague Pronouns

a phrase, clause, or word that is later referred back to by an earlier word, noun, or phrase

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Antecedent

Ex:
Chelsey finished her presentation.

Venus is odd. It rotates clockwise.

Alice is a law student. She enjoys reading cases. ​

Multiple Choice

The girl saw the bike she had always wanted.

What is the antecedent?

• girl

• she

Multiple Choice

The bike had lights, bells, and streamers on it.

What is the antecedent?

• bike

• it

pronouns that show ownership

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Possessive Pronoun

Ex:
This seat is mine. Where's yours?

I accepted their invitation.

Her eyes are blue.

Multiple Choice

Choose a possessive pronoun to replace the red possessive noun.
The pencil is Kevin's.

• its
• his
• her
• he

• him's

Multiple Choice

Choose a possessive pronoun to replace the red possessive noun.
The woman's dream was to become a teacher.

• Our

• His

• Her

• Hers

• Yours

tells who or what the sentence is about

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Subjective Pronoun

Ex:
She is cooking dinner tonight.


I am writing a letter.


We all played kickball.

Multiple Choice

Identify the subjective pronouns:

I am going to attend the ballet with my mom and aunt.

• I

• ballet

• my

• mom

Multiple Choice

Identify the Subjective Pronoun:

Can you please write the equation on the board?

• board

• write

• you

• the

receives the action

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Objective Pronoun

Ex:
It made me very popular at the time.

They all failed to stand on it.

Robert believes her more than him.

Multiple Choice

Which pronoun is used as the object of a sentence?

• he

• we

• I

• me

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct objective pronoun to complete the sentence: The teacher gave ___ a book.

• she

• me

• I

• he

referring back to the antecedent or subject of the sentence, ending in -self or -selves.

​If you remove the pronoun, the sentence does not make sense.

Reflexive Pronoun

Ex:
Participants pushed themselves to the limit.

refers to a noun or pronoun in the same sentence

​If you remove the pronoun yourself, the sentence still makes sense.

Intensive Pronoun

Ex:
He himself wrote the entire novel.

I myself will fix the problem.

She herself made the decision to leave.

Multiple Choice

Nate pinched himself to make sure he wasn't dreaming.

What word in this sentence is a reflexive pronoun?

• Nate

• himself

• he

Multiple Choice

Which sentence has a reflexive pronoun?

• We gave the bread to those who needed it.

• Our mother was her cousin.

• We punished ourselves by eating too much.

Multiple Choice

I myself like to take walks after breakfast.

• reflexive

• intensive

if it doesn't clearly refer to a specific person or thing in the sentence.

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Vague Pronoun

Ex:
On my street, they pick up the garbage.

Who is they?

In this magazine article, it recommends eating more vegetables.

What is it?

Multiple Choice

Which has a vague pronoun?

• Despite the heat wave, they say Seattle is a cool city.

• Don't forget to write down your homework.

• The survivors were all lucky to be alive.

• His mother told him another story.

Multiple Choice

Which contains a vague pronoun reference?

• Dad yelled at Rick, but he was just being silly.
•  Dad was just being silly when he yelled at Rick.