Identifying and Using Indefinite Pronouns

What is an indefinite pronoun?

• A pronoun that does not refer to any specific person or thing

• A pronoun that refers to a specific person or thing

• A pronoun that is always singular

• A pronoun that always refers to a group

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CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

Which of the following is a singular indefinite pronoun?

• Many

• Few

• Both

• Everyone

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CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

What verb form should be used with the singular indefinite pronoun 'everybody'?

• Have

• Are

• Has

• Were

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CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

Which of the following sentences correctly uses a plural indefinite pronoun?

• Somebody has arrived.

• Each of them is here.

• Both are correct.

• Everyone is happy.

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CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

In the sentence 'I ate all of my dinner,' what does the indefinite pronoun 'all' refer to?

• A verb

• A singular noun

• A plural noun

• An adjective

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CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

How do you determine if the indefinite pronoun 'all' is singular or plural?

• By looking at the adjective in the sentence

• By looking at the subject of the sentence

• By looking at the object of the preposition in the phrase that follows

• By looking at the verb tense

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CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

In the sentence 'I ate all of the crackers,' what is the number of the indefinite pronoun 'all'?

• Singular

• Plural

• Neither

• Both

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CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

What part of speech is the word 'another' functioning as in the sentence 'He has one job in the day and another at night'?

• Verb

• Adjective

• Pronoun

• Noun

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CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

In the sentence 'I'd like another snack please,' what part of speech is 'another' functioning as?

• Adjective

• Verb

• Pronoun

• Noun

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CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

Which of the following sentences uses 'another' as an adjective?

• He has another job.

• Another will arrive soon.

• Another is coming.

• Another of them is here.

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CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E