Subject Verb Agreement and Pronoun Antecedent Agreement

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

Select the pronoun that agrees with the subject to complete the sentence.

My sister often does ___________ homework outside.

• his

• her

• their

• your

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Select the pronoun that agrees with the subject to complete the sentence.

My dad says that _______ doesn't have time to clean the garage today.

• we

• us

• he

• she

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Jeff and Isabel planned (his and her, their) wedding.

• his and her

• their

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.2D

The specific word that a pronoun replaces and refers to is the ___.

• antecedent

• verb

• adjective

• person

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Both of them turned in _____ research papers to Dr. Jerry Junio.

• his or her

• their

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

Over break, Marilou cleaned ___ eyeglasses.

• their

• his

• her

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.2D

What is the antecedent for the pronoun "he" in the following sentence? The artist comes every October because he enjoys autumn.

• autumn

• artist

• October

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Name the antecedent to the pronoun: Jim finished the book so his brother could read it next. 

• His 

• Brother 

• Jim 

• Book 

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Name the antecedent of the following sentence: The two dinosaurs stared at their feet in amazement 

• Their 

• Dinosaurs 

• Feet 

• Amazement 

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D