Pronouns

What is a pronoun?

• takes the place of a verb

• describes a noun

• takes the place of a noun

• describes a verb

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

The _____ of a pronoun is the noun or nouns that a pronoun replaces.

• verb

• subject

• antecedent

• predicate

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

The pronoun and antecedent have to agree in

• gender and style

• gender and number

• number and style

• number and size

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

A _____ pronoun takes the place of a singular noun.

• singular

• plural

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1B

CCSS.L.3.1B

CCSS.L.K.1C

A ______ pronoun takes the place of a plural noun.

• singular

• plural

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Pick out the pronoun: Jonathan loves dogs. His favorite dog is a husky.

• Jonathan

• dog

• husky

• his

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Pick out the pronoun: February was a short month. It had 29 days.

• It

• days

• was

• February

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Pick out the pronoun: The ice storm was bad. It kept us out of school.

• kept

• it

• ice

• was

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

What is the antecedent of the pronoun? The tail looks like it is on fire.

• like

• fire

• it

• tail

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

What is the antecedent of the pronoun? The dog saw a cat and chased after it.

• it

• cat

• dog

• saw

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D