Pronoun-Antecedent Pretest

What is a pronoun?

• A word that takes the place of a noun?
• A word that takes the place of a verb?

What is the antecedent for the pronoun "he" in the following sentence? The artist comes every October because he enjoys autumn.

• autumn
• artist
• October

Identify the antecedent for the word "their" in the following sentence. Most states maintain their highways for safe driving.

• highways
• driving
• states

Identify the antecedent for the word "their" in the following sentences. On their arrival, Tim and Joel were offered hot apple juice.

• Tim and Joel
• apple
• juice

What are the pronoun and antecedent in the following sentence? He had studied seed catalogues and had ordered seeds from them.

• studied, ordered
• catalogues, seeds
• he, them
• them, catalogues

Jeff and Isabel planned (his and her, their) wedding.

• his and her
• their

Choose the correct pronoun for the antecedent in the following sentence. Then Mr. Garcia turned on the hose and drank water from ______.

• the hose
• it
• him
• that

My grandmother, as well as many other older women, believes that _____ should wait until a man calls her, rather than calling the man first.

• she

• their

• they

Every piece of Debra’s jewelry glittered in the light; ______ gave the impression that Debra had been dipped in gold.

• it

• they

• her

Neither the crew members nor the manager will open _____ register to refund your money for that half-eaten hamburger.

• its

• his

• their