Pronoun and Antecedent Agreement Quiz

The boy and the girl were playing in the mud, causing both to stain their shirts.

What is the antecedent for their?

• Boy, girl

• playing, causing

• mud, stain

• shirts

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

What is the antecedent of the pronoun "their"?
Students should go to their classes prepared.

• Students
• should
• classes
• prepared

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

What is the antecedent of the sentence? (pronouns are underlined)

A concert pianists must practice several hours a day. They must sacrifice everything for their music.

• concert

• hours

• painists

• day

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What are the pronouns in the following sentences.

1. Either Jill or Kate will get first prize for their essay.

2. Neither the Bill nor his friends worked hard on their project.

The pronouns for 1. is _____ and the pronoun for 2. is _____.

• their

• either

• first

• on

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Emma and Priscilla made a 100 on their tests.

What is the antecedent for "their"?

• tests

• Emma

• Emma and Priscilla

• Priscilla

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 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

Find the pronoun in the following sentence:

I love English class!

• love
• class
• language
• I

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

The children built a sandcastle at the beach. ​ (a)   decorated ​ (b)   with seashells they found.

• They
• it
• We

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Jane lost ​ (a)   keys. ​ (b)   looked for ​ (c)   everywhere but couldn't find them.

• her
• She
• them
• hers

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1D