Pronoun Antecedent Lesson

Pronoun - Antecedent Agreement

Multiple Choice

Which comes first in a sentence?

• pronoun

• antecedent

Multiple Choice

In the example, which was the antecedent?

• Jillian

• her

• she

• bike

Multiple Select

In the example, which were the pronouns that referred to the antecedent?

• Jillian

• her

• she

• bike

Multiple Choice

In the example, which was the antecedent?

• aim

• they

• the monkeys

• crummy

Multiple Choice

In the example, which was the pronoun?

• aim

• they

• the monkeys

• crummy

Open Ended

Why do we use the pronoun 'they' instead of 'it'?

Sentence: The monkeys threw snowballs at each other but they had crummy aim.

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct sentence:

• Matilda loves his class teacher.

• Matilda loves her class teacher.

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct sentence:

• Rahul was on the way to school when he saw the accident.

• Rahul was on the way to school when she saw the accident.

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct sentence:

• Rahul bought a banana on his way back from school. It fell down on the road so he couldn't eat it.

• Rahul bough a banana on his way back from school. They fell down on the road so he couldn't eat it.

Open Ended

'Everyone can say anything they want about me, but they can never say that I didn't care'

- Can you find the mistake in this sentence?

Multiple Choice

'Clothing' is a ___________ noun, so the pronoun 'it' can be paired with it.

• plural

• singular

'-one's and -body's '

Nouns that end with 'one' or 'body' are considered singular nouns.

Multiple Select

Choose the singular nouns from the list below

• people

• everyone

• someone

• everybody

Multiple Choice

'People can say what they want about me, but they can't say I don't care.'

- Which is the pronoun in this sentence?

• people

• they

• say

• want

Multiple Choice

'People can say what they want about me, but they can't say I don't care.'

- Which is the antecedent in this sentence?

• people

• they

• say

• want

Multiple Choice

Do the pronoun and the antecedent match?

(Pronoun: they

Antecedent: people)

• Yes

• No

Open Ended

How do we know that the pronoun 'they' and the antecedent 'people' are matching?