Chapter 17: Review

What is a pronoun?

• a person, place, thing, or idea

• a descriptive word

• a word that substitutes for or refers back to a noun

Which of the following is NOT a job of a pronoun?

• to get rid of repetition

• to show point of view

• to provide description

What is an antecedent?

• the noun a pronoun refers to

• what the pronoun is doing

• a type of pronoun

Choose the correct pronoun based on the underlined antecedent:

I am looking forward to sleeping late during ______ winter break.

• my

• their

• your

• his

Choose the correct pronoun based on the underlined antecedent:

You must want to hang out with ______ friends.

• my

• their

• your

• his

Choose the correct pronoun based on the underlined antecedent:

Nikita and Petra were annoyed at ______ brother.

• my

• their

• your

• his

Choose the correct pronoun based on the underlined antecedent:

Each of the boys listened to _____ coach.

• my

• their

• your

• his

Choose the correct pronoun based on the underlined antecedent:

The dictionary isn't really used anymore. _____ has been replaced by Google.

• her

• me

• they

• it

Choose the correct pronoun based on the underlined antecedent:

As I pet the kittens, _____ purred loudly.

• her

• me

• they

• it

What is the antecedent for the underlined pronoun?

The jury was taking forever. It could not come to a decision.

• it

• decision

• forever

• jury