Pronoun- Antecedent Agreement

Neither Clarissa nor Aleah wore (her, their) own dresses to the prom.

• her
• their

Someone in your class called and left (his, their) phone number.

• his
• their

McDonnell-Douglas recently published (its, their) report on the newly improved Tomahawk missile.

• its
• their

One of the cashiers thinks that (her, their) boss has been transferred to a different location.

• her
• their

many of the students at the college find that school pressures affect (his or her, their) relationships at home.

• his or her
• their

Each of the candidates gave (his or her, their) speech at the Civic Center.

• his or her
• their

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 of the pronoun "her"?
My mother ate her salad.

• My
• Mother
• ate
• salad

What is the antecedent of the pronoun "their"?
Students should go to their classes prepared.

• Students
• should
• classes
• prepared

What is an antecedent?

• A Person, Place, Thing, or Idea
• An Action Word
• A word that describes nouns
• The word the pronoun is replacing