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

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

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

When N. Scott Momaday wrote "The Way to Rainy Mountain," he was retelling legends.

What is the antecedent for he?

• wrote
• legends
• mountain
• N. Scott Momaday

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
• mud
• shirts

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Mr. and Mrs. Rochester bought a plant for ________________ house.

• theirs
• their
• them
• they

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.2D

 The little boy who lives next door played with _____________ toys.

• his
• her
• him
• hers

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.2D

Please hand me ___ red candles.

• those

• this

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Did you grow _____ roses in your garden?

• these

• them

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A