Pronouns

What is a pronoun?

• A word that takes the place of a noun.
• A word that takes the place of verbs.
• A word that takes the place of adjectives.
• A word that takes the place of adverbs.

What is the name given to the word or group of words that a pronoun replaces?

• Root Word
• Antiseptic
• Antecedent
• Antibiotic

What is the antecedent of the RED pronoun?
My mother ate her salad.

• My
• Mother
• ate
• salad

Every pronoun must have an antecedent.

• True
• False

Which word below is NOT a personal pronoun?

• I
• We
• You
• Which

A word in a prepositional phrase that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun is called the ________ of the _________.

• object of the preposition
• subject of the sentence
• predicate of the nominative
• eye of the tiger

Many people thanked Mr. Brady and (I, me) for the free footballs.

• I
• me

Tony and (he, him) have been friends since kindergarten. 

• he
• him

The woman reporter finally submitted (her, their) assignment to the editor of the paper.

• her
• their

Identify the possessive pronoun:
Mrs. Jefferson works in her garden.

• Mrs. Jefferson
• works
• her
• garden