Pronoun Antecedent Agreement Indefinite Pronouns

Choose which pronoun should fill in the blank in the following sentence "Mary and I forgot to finish our homework. Both ____ and I were very upset>"

• Her

• They

• She

• Me

Indefinite pronoun

1. There is someone at the door

(Find the reflexive pronouns in the sentences)

• There

• Someone

• Door

• None of the above

Indefinite pronouns

I think I took somebody's hankercheif bymistake.

[Identify the indefinite pronoun in the sentence]

• Hankercheif

• Bymistake

• Took

• Somebody's

The children are on the field. ____ are playing netball.

• Her

• His

• We

• He

• They

My brother lives in Berlin with ____ friends.

• their

• his

• her

• he

• she

Some examples of INDEFINITE PRONOUNS are:

• Themselves, herself, itself, himself

• This, that, these, those

• Who, Whom, Whose, What

• Anything, everyone, anyone, somebody

The following indefinite pronouns are always _________________: anybody, anyone, anything, everybody, everyone, everything, neither, nobody, no one, one, somebody, someone, and something.

• singular

• plural

• singular or plural, depending upon the situation

Which of the following sentences correctly uses pronoun-antecedent agreement with an indefinite pronoun?

• Everyone should bring their own lunch.

• Each of the players have their own locker.

• Somebody left their umbrella in the hall.

• Neither of the answers are correct.

Identify the indefinite pronoun in the following sentence: 'Each of the students has completed their assignment.'

• Each

• Students

• Their

• Assignment

Choose the correct pronoun to complete the sentence: 'Somebody left ____ book on the table.'

• his or her

• their

• its

• his