Exploring Pronoun Antecedent Agreement

What must pronouns agree with in terms of person, gender, and number?

• Their subjects

• Their antecedents

• Their objects

• Their verbs

Why is most academic writing done in the third person?

• To include more pronouns

• To use more complex sentences

• To make the writing more personal

• To avoid shifting between pronouns

If you are writing about both males and females, which pronoun should you use?

• It

• They

• She

• He

What pronoun should be used for the sentence: 'Maria and Denis played ___ trumpets together'?

• Their

• Its

• His

• Her

In the sentence 'Neither the conductor nor the musicians have taken ___ places,' which pronoun is correct?

• His

• Her

• Their

• Its

Which of the following is always a plural indefinite pronoun?

• Everyone

• Each

• Both

• Somebody

Which indefinite pronoun is always singular?

• Each

• Several

• Few

• Many

In the sentence 'Each of the instruments has ___ own special sound,' which pronoun is correct?

• Their

• Its

• Her

• His

When a collective noun acts as a unit, which pronoun should be used?

• His

• Its

• Their

• Her

In the sentence 'The orchestra have tuned ___ instruments,' which pronoun is correct?

• Their

• Her

• His

• Its