Vague Pronouns

Miss Havisham lives with Estella in HER mansion. (This is vague. Who could "her" refer to in this sentence?)

• Miss Havisham

• Estella

• Miss Havisham and Estella

• mansion

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Before Sally puts fondant flowers on wedding cakes, she sprinkles THEM with sugar. (This is vague. Who could "them" refer to in this sentence?)

• Sally and flowers

• Sally and flowers and cakes

• flowers and cakes

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

What is a vague pronoun?

• A blurry image

• A pronoun that is confusing because it could refer to more than one person or thing

• A word that takes the place of a noun

• An adjective

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Which of the sentences below contains a vague pronoun?

• Mom and Lauren ate dinner together.

• Mom gave Lauren her dinner.

• Mom ate Lauren's dinner.

• Mom and Lauren love Mexican food.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1D

How would you correct the below sentence to fix the vague pronoun without changing the meaning of the sentence?

Julie told Emily to make the call on her cell phone.

• Julie handed her cell phone to Emily so that Emily could make the call.

• Julie gave Emily her cell phone.

• Emily gave her cell phone to Julia.

• Julia called Emily.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1D

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Find the vague pronoun: Sally realized she forgot her wallet and ID. She will have to drive back to get it.

• work

• she

• it

• Sally

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1D

Find the vague pronoun: Olivia and Mia went to War-Mart, and she bought her a soda.

• Olivia

• Mia

• she

• a

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Find the vague pronoun: Henry saw his older brother, so he ran to give him a hug.

• Henry

• he

• give

• hug

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1D

Find the vague pronoun: Meredith told her boss that she is extremely smart.

• Meredith

• her

• boss

• she

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1D