Pronouns and Antecedents

What is a pronoun?

• a person, place, thing, or idea (boy, village, dog...)

• a word that takes the place of a noun (he, she, it...)

• a specific person, place, thing, or idea (Tommy, Barrigada, Wendys...)

• a noun that shows ownership (boy's, village's, dog's...)

What is an antecdent?

• a noun that the pronoun replaces

• a verb that the pronoun is doing

• a word that modifies or describes the noun

• an aunt named "C Dent"

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CCSS.L.6.1D

CCSS.RI.6.4

What is the pronoun in this sentence:

Mark's new car was washed, but it was still dirty.

• Mark's

• car

• was washed

• it

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CCSS.L.6.1A

Select the pronoun in this sentence:

Mom and dad went fishing, and they took the boat.

• mom, dad

• went fishing

• they

• boat

What is the antecedent in this sentence:

Xavier secretly admitted that he enjoys playing Among Us.

• Xavier

• secretly admitted

• he

• Among Us

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CCSS.L.6.1D

What is the antecedent in this sentence:

My uncle gave away his favorite video game to Chris.

• gave away

• his

• Chris

• uncle

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CCSS.L.6.1D

What are the pronoun and antecedent in this sentence:

My cat is sleeping, and it does not make a sound.

• sound; cat

• it; sound

• it; cat

• is sleeping; sound

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CCSS.L.6.1D

What are the pronoun and antecedents in this sentence: Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia just arrived. They are outside the airport.

• Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia; airport

• they; airport

• arrived; are

• they; Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia

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CCSS.L.6.1D