Pronoun Antecedent

What is the antecedent of the pronoun it?

Ivan left some music at the office. It was on a CD.

• Jinx

• music

• It

• CD

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 an antecedent?

• the word in a sentence that has four syllables

• a noun that cannot be seen, tasted, smelled, touched, or heard

• a pronoun at the end of a sentence

• the noun that the pronoun replaces

What is the antecedent of it in "The ocean is calm, and it barely makes a sound."

• ocean

• calm

• it

• sound

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

• tests

• Emma

• Emma and Priscilla

• Priscilla

When Scott Momaday wrote "The Way to Rainy Mountain," he was retelling legends.

What is the antecedent for "he"?

• wrote

• legends

• mountain

• Scott Momaday

What is the antecendent in this sentence?
Jinx liked the dancing she saw on television.

• Jinx

• dancing

• she 

• television

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

• The students

• dance

• They

• trampoline

Which word BEST replaces the words The bat in the sentence below?

The bat flew into the cave.

• He

• It

• She

• Us

Which word BEST replaces the words The people in the boat in the sentence below?

The people in the boat saw some dolphins in the gulf.

• He

• Our

• She

• They