Pronoun-antecedent Agreement Revision (Grade 6)

Choose the sentence that has a correct pronoun-antecedent agreement.

• I can’t find my jacket because I didn’t put him away.

• My brother wants to know the meaning of his name.

• The birds carried twigs for its nests.

Choose the sentence that has a correct pronoun-antecedent agreement.

• Neither her aunts nor her mother brought her umbrella.

• I don’t remember whether bees or wasps build its nests in trees.

• The girls and the boys like his new teacher.

Choose the sentence that has a correct pronoun-antecedent agreement.

• Most of the building had lost their roof in the tornado.

• Few of these old stamps have glue on its backs.

• Everybody knows that he or she should eat lots of vegetables.

Choose the sentence that has a correct pronoun-antecedent agreement.

• The team have traveled separately by its personal cars.

• The army have statred cleaning their different weapons.

• The band is going to perform their last song next Monday.

Which pronoun can be best used to complete the following sentence?

The children needed a ball for .......... game.

• his

• their

• her

• his or her

Which pronoun can be best used to complete the following sentence?

Either Mary or John will bring .......... guitar to the party.

• his or her

• his

• her

• their

Which pronoun can be best used to complete the following sentence?

Some of my baseball cards have kept .......... value.

• our

• their

• its

• his or her

Which pronoun can be best used to complete the following sentence?

The class are voting for .......... favorite short stories.

• her

• his

• its

• their

What change, if any, should be made in the following sentence?

All of the stamp collection is in their protective box.

• Change collection to collections.

• Change their to its.

• Change all to some.

• Make no change.

What change, if any, should be made in the following sentence?

Will somebody please lend his book to Leo?

• Change his to his or her.

• Change his to her.

• Change book to books.

• Make no change.