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Antecedents and Vague Pronoun References

Authored by Hoda Nada

English

8th Grade

CCSS covered

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Antecedents and Vague Pronoun References
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Is the red pronoun...

vague

clear

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Is the red pronoun...

vague

clear

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Is the red pronoun...

vague

clear

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is a pronoun?

A word that takes the place of a noun.

A word that takes the place of verbs.

A word that takes the place of adjectives.

A word that takes the place of adverbs.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

5.

LABELLING QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The following sentence has has a vague pronoun reference. Label it, and label all its possible antecedents.

a
b
c

Antecedent 1

Antecedent 2

Vague pronoun

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following doesn't have an ambiguous pronoun reference?

Despite the heat wave, they say that Seattle is a cool city.

Despite the heat wave, the travel brochures say that Seattle is a cool city.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which sentence contains an ambiguous pronoun reference?

California is a very beautiful city, but I have a real fear of earthquakes. They claim that the next big quake might dump half of it into the Pacific Ocean.

Last night at 3:00 a.m., Tom got out of bed. He walked outside, turned on the hose, and used it to soak the two tomcats whining and hissing under his bedroom window.

Answer explanation

Who is "they"?

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

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