Subject Verb Agreement & Pronoun Antecedent Agreement

Ladybugs ________ the only type of insect my mom likes.

• is

• are

• has

• have

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1F

Those concert tickets ________ expensive.

• was

• were

• is

• have

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1F

The angry buzz of the bumblebees_________ me.

• worry

• worries

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Students of the rain forest _________ at the rate of destruction.

• are alarmed

• is alarmed

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

The dog, who is chewing on my jeans, _____ usually very good.

• are

• is

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1F

What words are pronouns?

• dog, cat, tree, house, John

• purple, pink, rough, salty, loud, scratchy

• run, jump, looks, am

• he, she, it, them, they, his, her

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

What are antecedents?

• descriptive words

• nouns that are replaced by pronouns later in a sentence or in the next sentence.

• words that show emotion

A person should choose _______ friends carefully.

• their

• them

• his or her

• its

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

People should choose _____ friends carefully.

• his or her

• them

• their

• its

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.2D

My lizard and snake love ​ (a)   new heat lamp.

• their
• its