Pronouns Unit Test

What is the antecedent of the pronoun it?

Ivan left some music at the office. It was on a CD.

• Jinx

• music

• It

• CD

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Xavier secretly admitted to his classmates that Mrs. Walker was his favorite teacher.

What is the antecedent for his?

• classmates
• Mrs. Walker
• teacher
• Xavier

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

What is the antecedent of the pronoun "her"?
My mother ate her salad.

• My
• Mother
• ate
• salad

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

What is the pronoun that refers to the noun "teacher"?
The principal spoke to the teacher about the student that was sent out of her class. 

• about
• student
• that
• her

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

What is the antecedent of it in "The ocean is calm, and it barely makes a sound."

• ocean

• calm

• it

• sound

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

What is a vague pronoun?

• a word that take the place of noun

• a blurry picture

• a pronoun that is confusing because it can refer to more than one person or thing

• a precisely clear pronoun

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Which of the sentences below contains a vague pronoun?

• Mom and Lauren ate dinner together.

• Mom ate Lauren's dinner.

• Mom gave Lauren her dinner.

• Mom and Lauren love Mexican food.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

How would you correct the below sentence to fix the vague pronoun without changing the meaning of the sentence?

Julie told Emily to make the call on her cell phone.

• Emily gave her cell phone to Julia.

• Julie gave Emily her cell phone.

• Julia called Emily.

• Julie handed her cell phone to Emily so that Emily could make the call.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

 Which sentence has a vague pronoun error?

• Armand visited George after his graduation ceremony had ended.
  
• The puppet show performed by Henry was undoubtedly his best creation yet.
  
• The dog ate all the food in its bowl and all the food in the kitty's bowl too.
  
• My dad spent the entire afternoon raking up all the leaves in our front and backyard.
  

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

Miss Havisham lives with Estella in HER mansion. (This is vague. Who could "her" refer to in this sentence?)

• Miss Havisham

• Estella

• Miss Havisham and Estella

• mansion

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D