PRONOUNS €© FOR HELP WITH TIS UNT, SEE THE REFERENCE GUIDE, ULES 12-18 (46 Recocnrzina Pronouns Promouris are often u that a personal pronou nour edent. 2d lo replace nouns in sentences. Eac in refers to is called the pronoun’s antec EXAMPLE: That dog looks friendly, ft seems to be smiling. awrecepent PRONOUN A pronoun must agree with its antecedent in number and gen tor example, it the antecedent is singular, the pronoun must singular. If the antec feminine, th EXAMPLES: The children giggled as they watched the clowns. Amy is thrifty, but she often gives money to charity. Circle the personal pronouns. Then draw an arrow from each pronoun to its antecedent. The first one has been done for you. 1. The referee holds his arms in the air.He)is signaling a touchdown. 2. The people in the stands go wild. They clap and cheer. 3. The kicker comes onto the field. He will try for the extra point. 4, Hurrah! The game is over, and the Bobcats have won it! 5. Now that the Bobcats have won, they are the league champions. Write the personal pronoun you would use to refer to each noun. The first one has been done for you. 1. river 4, Martin Luther King . Alice in Wonderland o 2. Mrs. Leon 3. carpenters 6. money 32fr 16) oN a SS € Replace the words in parentheses with a personal pronoun. Remember that a pronoun must agree with its antecedent. 1. The year 1949 was full of interesting events. (The events) changed Americans’ lives. 2. Silly Putty was invented, and (Silly Putty) soon became a favorite toy. 3. The first packaged cake mixes were sold. (Packaged cake mixes) made baking easy. 4, President Truman made a serious announcement. (President Truman) said the Soviet Union had developed an atomic bomb. 5. The minimum wage went way up in 1949. (The minimum wage) rose from 45 cents to /5 cents an hour. Rewrite the paragraph. Avoid repetition by replacing the underlined words with pronouns. The telephone is an amazing invention. The telephone has made the world seem smaller. In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made the first phone call. Alexander Graham Bell phoned his assistant, Thomas Watson. Before long, long-distance calls were common. At first, people placed calls from city to city. Later people talked across oceans. 33