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8/29/24 - Antecedent Indpendent Work

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 1hrs 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Read the sentences. Pick the choice that does not have a pronoun-antecedent agreement. 
a)
Dave and I like Sundays because we can watch football.
b)
The police officers arrested the suspect and put it in jail.
c)
 The old wooden bed creaked when the child sat on it.
d)
Kyle wasn’t surprised when he saw the bus waiting at the curb. 
2.

Paige wants to learn the trumpet. She will join the band.


What is the pronoun in the above sentence?


Capitalization and spelling counts!

(a)  

3.

Johnny plays the drums at home . Mr. Smith would like to join him.


What is the pronoun in the above sentence?


Capitalization and spelling counts!

(a)  

4.

Jordan and Luke used to be in band. Perhaps they will rejoin.


What is the antecedent in the above sentence?


Capitalization and spelling counts!

(a)  

5.

The band needs ten new members. It needs more instruments, too.


What is the antecedent in the above sentence?


Capitalization and spelling counts!

(a)  

6.

Ty and I were surprised. We thought the band was a marching band.


What is the antecedent in the above sentence?


Capitalization and spelling counts!

(a)  

7.

Rachel just got a guitar. Mr. Smith asked her to play in the concert.


What is the pronoun?


Capitalization counts!

(a)  

8.

The band knows rock tunes. The members play them well.


What is the antecedent in the above sentence?


Capitalization and spelling counts!

(a)  

9.

Students are excited about the class business. (a)   are making greeting cards.


Fill in the blank with the correct pronoun to match the antecedent.


Capitalization and spelling counts!

10.

Isabella got the idea for cards. (a)   has a card-making program at home.


Fill in the blank with the correct pronoun to match the antecedent.


Capitalization and spelling counts!

11.

Here is how the business will work, and (a)   should be simple to run.


Fill in the blank with the correct pronoun to match the antecedent.


Capitalization and spelling counts!

12.

Kayla will make some sample cards, and (a)   will be shown to customers.


Fill in the blank with the correct pronoun to match the antecedent.


Capitalization and spelling counts!

13.

Jack will be in charge of taking orders for cards. (a)   will collect all the orders.


Fill in the blank with the correct pronoun to match the antecedent.


Capitalization and spelling counts!

14.

Then students working with Abigail will make the cards. (a)   is a good artist.

15.

The cards are delivered to the customers, and the money is collected from (a)   .


Fill in the blank with the correct pronoun to match the antecedent.


Capitalization and spelling counts!

16.
What is a pronoun?
a)
A literary device.
b)
A word or that is used to take the place of one or more nouns.
c)
An action word.
17.

What is an antecedent?

a)

Who/What the pronoun stands in for

b)

The pronoun

c)

The action that the pronoun is completing

d)

Collective nouns

18.
What is the antecedent of the pronoun "their"?
Students should go to their classes prepared.
a)
Students
b)
should
c)
classes
d)
prepared
19.
Emma and Priscilla made a 100 on their tests.
What is the antecedent for their?
a)
tests
b)
Emma
c)
Emma and Priscilla
d)
Priscilla
20.

What kind of nouns are used to name a general type of person, place or thing?

a)

proper nouns

b)

common nouns