Pronoun Skill Check

What type of pronoun shows ownership?

• Object
• Personal
• Possessive
• Subject

What type of pronoun acts as the doer of the action?

• Object
• Personal
• Possessive
• Subject

What three types of pronouns are considered personal pronouns?  

• Demonstrative, Interrogative, Indefinite
• Subject, Object, Possessive
• Subject, Demonstrative, Reflexive
• Reflexive, Intensive, Indefinite

What type of pronoun is the underlined word in the sentence below?  
Young Egyptian King Tut is famous today because his tomb, which is filled with magnificent treasures, was found intact.

• Subject
• Object
• Possessive
• Reflexive

Which pronoun in the sentence below is a subject pronoun?  
British archaeologists Howard Carter and his backer Lord Carnarvon began digging in the Valley of the Kings in 1922. They were on the lookout for a particular tomb, the tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankhamen. 

• They
• his
• the
• he

What type of pronoun is the underlined word in the sentence below?  
They were convinced that Tutankhamen was still to be found, and the center of the Valley was the best place to look for it.

• Subject
• Object
• Possessive
• Demonstrative

Choose the pronoun that best completes the sentence below:  
As ______ waited for Lord Carnarvon to come, Carter found it hard to persuade himself that finding King Tut’s tomb had not been a dream.  

• it
• us
• I
• he

Carter and Carnarvon were not treasure-seekers; __________ were archaeologists. 

• she
• they
• them
• it

Which of the following is an object pronoun?

• Me
• I
• He
• She

What type of pronoun is the underlined word in the sentence below?  
It would be a monumental task to photograph, label, mend, pack, and ship all this furniture, clothing, food, these chariots, weapons, walking sticks, jewels-this museum of treasures. 

• Subject
• Object
• Possessive
• Intensive