Antecedents

What is the antecedent of the pronoun it?
Ivan left some music at the office. It was on a CD.

• Jinx

• music

• It

• CD

What is an antecedent?

• Something a pronoun stands for.

• The place in which something takes place.

• An action word.

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 in the sentence - The furniture movers left their truck in the driveway.

• furniture

• movers

• driveway

• truck

The noun or group of words that a pronoun refers to is called its 

• reflexive

• pronoun

• antecedent

The word or group of words that a pronoun refers to is called its:

• personal

• anecdote

• antecedent

• possessive 

What is an antecedent?

• the word the pronoun refers back to

• a fancy term for ants in a jungle

• a singular pronoun with no gender

An antecedent is...

• the word the comes right after the pronoun.

• the pronoun in the sentence.

• the noun the pronoun refers to.

• a word Mr. Olver made up.

What is the antecedent in these sentences?
The students did not want to dance. They liked the trampoline.

• The students

• dance

• They

• trampoline

What is the antecedent of this sentence

• dog

• bone

• couch

• finding

• there is no antecedent