Pronouns

Pronouns

by Janice Faulkner

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Pronouns

• take the place of a verb

• take the place of a noun or other pronoun

• are a type of noun

• describe a noun

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What is a pronoun?

• A word that takes the place of a noun.

• a word that describes something.

• A word that takes the place of adjectives.

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_______ went to school.

• She

• Her

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Find the possessive pronoun in this sentence:
The red house on the corner is ours.

• ours
• The
• house
• is

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Find the possessive pronoun in this sentence:
Her hand shot up when she asked for volunteers.

• volunteers
• Her
• she
• up

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Find the possessive pronoun in the sentence:
Hey, it looks like that is my coat!

• it
• is
• Hey
• my

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Find all the personal pronouns in the sentence:  He watched the sun as it sank below the horizon.

• the, as
• He, the, as, it
• sun, it, below
• He, it
  

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Find the personal pronouns in the sentence:
Have you seen them?

• Have, you
• you, them
• you
• Have, seen

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Is the red pronoun a subject pronoun or an object pronoun?
Give it to Morgan so she can go home.

• subject pronoun
• object pronoun
• neither

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Is the red pronoun a subject pronoun or an object pronoun?  Mr. Messinger told us the exciting news.

• subject pronoun
• object pronoun
• neither

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Is the red pronoun a subject pronoun or an object pronoun?
She proudly opened her notebook to show her homework.

• subject pronoun
• object pronoun
• neither

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The word or group of words that a pronoun refers to is called its:

• personal
• anecdote
• antecedent
• possessive 

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What is the antecedent for the red pronoun?
Mark placed his iPhone on the shelf in his room.

• Mark
• room
• shelf
• iPhone

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What is the antecedent for the red pronoun?
The girls sang their favorite song.

• the girls
• song
• sang
• favorite

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What is the antecedent for the red pronoun?
Teachers help students learn. They help them reach their full potential.

• help
• Teachers
• students
• learn

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What is the antecedent for the red pronoun?
Teachers help students learn. They help them reach their full potential.

• help
• Teachers
• students
• learn

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What is the antecedent for the red pronoun?
The students need to bring their Chromebooks because they have work to do on them.

• Chromebooks
• work
• students
• them