Identifying Pronouns and Antecedents

Xavier secretly admitted to his classmates that Mrs. Walker was his favorite teacher.

What is the antecedent for his?

• classmates
• Mrs. Walker
• teacher
• Xavier

What is the antecedent of the pronoun "her"?
My mother ate her salad.

• My
• Mother
• ate
• salad

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

• Students
• should
• classes
• prepared

What is an antecedent?

• A Person, Place, Thing, or Idea
• An Action Word
• A word that describes nouns
• The word the pronoun is replacing

Choose the word that is not a pronoun.

• is
• me
• he
• they

Emma and Priscilla made a 100 on their tests.
What is the antecedent for their?

• tests
• Emma
• Emma and Priscilla
• Priscilla

What is a pronoun?

• a professional noun
• a word that takes the place of a noun or group of words acting as a noun
• a noun that rhymes with a verb
• a specific, named noun that is capitalized

Which of the following words is not a pronoun?

• them
• the
• he
• everyone

Find the pronoun in the sentence: The boy went to his favorite class.

• the
• to
• his
• class

What is the antecedent of the pronoun his in the sentence: Jeremy left his book on the counter as he walked out for school. 

• he 
• as 
• his 
• Jeremy