Pronoun Reference

Which contains a vague pronoun reference?

• In California, you can go surfing.
• In California, people can go surfing

Which contains a vague pronoun reference?

• Dad yelled at Rick, but he was just being silly.
•  Dad was just being silly when he yelled at Rick.

The fans booed and jeered at the referee because he had called it unfairly.

• This sentence is OK.
• This sentence has a vague pronoun reference.

They explained to the audience that a muskrat looks like a small beaver with a rat-like tail.

• This sentence is OK
• This sentence has a vague pronoun reference

Ron and I ate lunch at that restaurant his dad owns.

• This sentence is OK
• This sentence has an unclear pronoun reference

Which contains a vague pronoun reference?

• As Joe was talking to Sam, Sam started to cry.
• As Joe was talking to Sam, he started to cry.

Mr. Castro is here with his father. Would you like me to introduce you to HIM? (This is vague. Who could him refer to in this sentence?)

• Mr. Castro
• father
• me
• Mr. Castro and father

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.

What is the name given to the word or group of words that a pronoun replaces?

• Root Word
• Antiseptic
• Antecedent
• Antibiotic

Which word is a pronoun in the following sentence?
I play the trumpet in the band. 

• play
• trumpet
• I 
• the