Pronouns

A pronoun is a part of speech that can replace a _______ in a sentence.

• verb

• noun

• adjective

• adverb

What is an antecedent?

• the punctuation mark after a pronoun

• the verb directly before a pronoun

• the word a pronoun replaces or refers to

• an adjective that describes a noun

Which word in the following sentence is a pronoun? After Amina and Pedro left, they called Robert at home.

• After

• Pedro

• at

• they

Which word in the following sentence is a pronoun? Every July, we go to the beach.

• we

• go

• to

• the

In the sentence below, replace the bold word "Robert" with the correct pronoun. Robert didn’t answer his phone because Robert didn’t hear it ring.

• he

• her

• his

• they

Which word in the following sentence is an antecedent for the pronoun “it”? All afternoon, the phone rang, but Robert didn’t hear it.

• All

• phone

• Robert

• hear

Pronouns and antecedents must agree in .

• gender

• number

• point of view

• all of the above

Which word in the following sentence is incorrect? That morning, the mother told her daughters to take his raincoats with them.

• mother

• her

• his

• them

Complete the following sentence with the correct pronoun.

Before Camila falls asleep, _________ always reads a book.

• they

• she
• her

• you

Which word in the following sentence is incorrect? Lana told us that the papers were on the desk right where we had left it.

• us

• on

• we

• it