Pronouns and Their Antecedents

What is an antecedent?

• Something a pronoun stands for or refers to

• An action word.

• The place in which something takes place.

What is a pronoun?

• a long word for something

• a word that describes a noun

• Something that takes place of a noun

• another word to describe a name

What is the antecedent in these sentences?

The students did not want to dance. They liked the trampoline.

• They

• The students

• dance

• trampoline

What is the antecedent in this sentence?

Julie liked the dancing she saw on television.

• she

• dancing

• television

• Julie

What is the antecedent in this sentence?

When Josh danced with Jessica, he got shy.

• Jessica

• Josh

• he

• shy

What is the antecedent of the pronoun "her"?

My mother ate her salad.

• my

• mother

• salad

• ate

What is the antecedent of the pronoun "their"?

Students should go to their classes prepared.

• classes

• prepared

• Students

• should

Read the sentence and select the antecedent. "Clara did her homework after school."

• after

• Clara

• school

• her

Which is an example of an antecedent?

• Molly

• He

• Your

• Her

Which pronoun would I use to replace the antecedent?

Carlos is my friend, but ___ is a bad student.

• I

• she

• you

• he