Pronouns

Match the following terms and definitions

• expresses possession or ownership

• intensive pronoun

• refers to people, animals, and objects

• relative pronouns

• 2nd pronoun refers to same person as 1st

• personal pronoun

• refers back to subject to add emphasis

• reflexive pronoun

• connect dependent clauses to independent

• possessive pronoun

Answer explanation

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CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

Match the following terms and definitions

• indicates something specific

• demonstrative pronoun

• expresses mutual relationships or action

• reciprocal pronoun

• refers to something generally

• interrogative pronoun

• refers to people, animals, or objects

• indefinite pronoun

• used to ask questions

• personal pronoun

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Match the following terms and examples

• I, you, she, he, it, they, we, us

• indefinite pronouns

• mine, yours, his, her, ours, theirs, its

• personal pronouns

• who, whom, what, which, whose

• possessive pronouns

• myself, yourself, itself, themselves

• reflexive/intensive pronouns

• some, many, anyone, none, everybody

• interrogative pronouns

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Match the following terms and examples

• this, that, these, those

• demonstrative pronouns

• who, whom, which, what, that

• reciprocal pronouns

• each other, one another

• relative pronouns

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CCSS.L.3.1A

A poorly timed breath might break a song's flow, interrupting the steady beat it relies on to help time their steps.

a. NO CHANGE

2. b. dancers rely

3. c. they rely

4. d. relied

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CCSS.L.3.1F

The continuing popularity of Celtic mouth music is testament to the vitality of them.

• a. NO CHANGE

• b. this musical form.

• c. itself.

• d. one.

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CCSS.L.3.1A

If it's not obvious what the pronoun is referring to, you should not use that pronoun.

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

The antecedent is the word the pronoun is referring to or replacing.

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

What is the antecedent of "they" in the following sentence?

Instruments were prohibitively expensive and thus scarce in isolated Scottish villages, and in order to fill the void, mouth music emerged and provided residents with the music they wanted for dancing.

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

On the New York Times home page, I noticed an article about Rafael Leonardo Black, a 64-year-old Clinton Hill artist ​​ (a)   had just been discovered.

• who
• of whom
• which
• whom

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1A