Pronouns and Their Usage

The video tutorial teaches the importance of pronoun and antecedent agreement in gender and number. It provides examples and exercises to help learners understand how to use pronouns correctly in sentences. The lesson includes revising sentences for clarity and correcting pronoun usage in narratives. By the end, learners should be able to identify and correct pronoun errors in their writing.

What is a pronoun?

• A word that is a type of noun

• A word that takes the place of a noun

• A word that describes a noun

• A word that is an action

What is an antecedent?

• A noun that a pronoun refers to

• A word that describes a pronoun

• A word that replaces a pronoun

• A verb that a pronoun replaces

Which pronoun would you use for a singular female noun?

• They

• It

• He

• She

If a noun is plural, which pronoun should you use?

• They

• It

• She

• He

In the sentence 'Jeremy loves to skateboard. They go to the skate park all the time,' what is incorrect?

• The use of 'Skateboard'

• The use of 'Park'

• The use of 'They'

• The use of 'Jeremy'

How should the sentence 'Andrew loves to read books. She always quizzes us' be corrected?

• Change 'Quizzes' to 'Quiz'

• Change 'Books' to 'Book'

• Change 'She' to 'He'

• Change 'Andrew' to 'Andrea'

What is the correct pronoun for a group of people including the speaker?

• We

• They

• She

• He

In the sentence 'My time spent together is never dull,' what is incorrect?

• The use of 'My'

• The use of 'Time'

• The use of 'Together'

• The use of 'Spent'

What should you do if a pronoun and its antecedent do not agree in number?

• Ignore the disagreement

• Change the pronoun to match the antecedent

• Remove the pronoun

• Change the antecedent to match the pronoun

In the practice exercise, what is the main task?

• To write a new narrative

• To revise a narrative using correct pronouns

• To create new pronouns

• To identify nouns in a narrative