Personal Pronouns and Antecedents

What does a pronoun do?

• take the place of a noun or a group of words acting as a noun

• modify an adverb

• show direction

• Look good in a sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Select the first person plural pronouns

• them, they, their, theirs

• he, him, his, she, her, it, its

• we, us, our, ours

• I, me, my, mine

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

Select the third person singular pronouns

• you, your, yours

• he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its

• I, me ,my, mine

• we, us, our, ours

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

Name the personal pronoun in this sentence "Janice liked her laugh."

• liked

• Janice

• laugh

• her

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

Name the personal pronoun in this sentence. "The teachers love their jobs."

• jobs

• love

• their

• teachers

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

What is an antecedent?

• An adjective

• The noun that is replaced by a pronoun

• A personal pronoun

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Does a pronouna and its antecedent have to be in the same sentence?

• Yes

• No

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Select the antecedent in this sentence "Miss Laden loves her dog."

• loves

• her

• dog

• Miss Laden

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Select the antecedent in this sentence. The cookies were amazing. They were gone by lunchtime.

• amazing

• lunctime

• cookies

• they

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D