Pronouns and Antecedents

What is an antecedent?

• A Person, Place, Thing, or Idea
• An Action Word
• A word that describes nouns
• The word the pronoun is replacing

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

_______ and his father are going fishing.

• Our
• He
• His
• Their

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.2D

Choose the word that is not a pronoun.

• is
• me
• he
• they

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Choose the word that is not a pronoun.

• they
• them
• we
• be

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

The teacher brought ______ cookies to celebrate.

• we

• I

• us

• it

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

Emma and Priscilla made a 100 on their tests.
What is the antecedent for their?

• tests
• Emma
• Emma and Priscilla
• Priscilla

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Xavier secretly admitted to his classmates that Mrs. Walker was his favorite teacher.

What is the antecedent for his?

• classmates
• Mrs. Walker
• teacher
• Xavier

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

The boy and the girl were playing in the mud, causing both to stain their shirts.

What is the antecedent for their?

• Boy, girl

• playing, causing

• mud, stain

• shirts

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

You can make a meal of ________________.

• we

• they

• them

• he

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

In the fall, ____________ harvest cattails.

• me

• her

• us

• they

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A