Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

Choose the proper pronoun to complete the sentence: “Erica and Priya went to a movie on Friday night. _____ shared some popcorn and candy during the movie.”

• They

• Them

• Their

Choose the proper pronoun to complete the sentence: “After listening to the teacher explain the directions, Jeon, Luke, and I completed the experiment _____.”

• theirselves

• themselves

• ourself

• ourselves

Read the sentence. Then, choose the sentence that uses the pronouns correctly.

Logan and Juan met up with Tami and me as we walked to the park.

• He met up with us as we walked to the park.

• They met up with us as we walked to the park.

• Them met up with they as we walked to the park.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

What change should be made in the following sentence:

While mystery novels don’t excite everyone, most people enjoy it.

• change it to its

• change it to them

• change it to their

• change it to us

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

What change should be made in the following sentence?

A successful longterm friendship requires hard work, but they can be a source of emotional support and happiness.

• change they to it

• change they to them

• change they to we

• change they to he

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

What change should be made in the following sentence?

Kathleen loves to put raisins in almost everything. She especially loves to sprinkle it in her cereal.

• change her to their

• change it to them

• change She to They

• change it to itself

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1C

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1B

Fill in the blank with a vocabulary word.

The noun/pronoun that is being replaced by a pronoun is called its ______________.

• possession

• antecedent

• plural

• apostrophe

Fill in the blank with a vocabulary word:

If a pronoun has no antecedent or more than one possible antecedent, a(n) _____ pronoun reference occurs.

• vague

• confusing

• unclear

• All of these answers are correct.

A pronoun must agree with its antecedent in... (select all that are true)

• person (POV)

• number

• gender

• tense

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

2.The pandas ate _____ bamboo.

• its

• their