Communication Skills: Pronoun Agreement Quiz

Mark went to the park and _______ played on the monkey bars.

• he

• she

• it

• their

Both boys filled out _______ worksheets.

• our

• his

• their

• we

The students all went to the library and ____ checked out new books.

• it

• he/her

• we

• they

Key/type the sentence below correctly:

Neither of the actors could remember (his, their) lines correctly.

Key/type the sentence below correctly:

The Blue Band plays (their, its) famous halftime show at every game.

Key/type the sentence below correctly:

My baby brother loves to hide (its, his, their) toy under pillows.

Either John or Chase will get to bring _____ phone on the bus.

• his

• her

• their

Our very favorite movie, Remember the Titans, won an award for ____ phenomenal soundtrack.

• their

• its

A personal pronoun that represents a collective noun (team, committee, family, etc.) may only be singular and will never be plural. It does not matter if the noun is acting as a unit or acting individually.

• True

• False

A personal pronoun must agree in gender (feminine, masculine, or neutral) with the noun or other pronoun it represents.

• True

• False