. l'\Ore r,ouns in a sentence .

~ A •ti\;ro n o un t. 1ki'.::) tho ~,\1\ C l) o1 o no ot , . , th'1ng

"' . . . t person or . ·
t\ p,ors\ltH.d pronoun 10 \0 1~ o n ·
t it me him and her.
~ S1nuul ..1r p1 vi\orn, s ,110 I. you, 110 • 8 18 ' • ' '
.
•· I 'h n ._\I pronoun ~ a.re wo, yo u, 1ey,
ti us and them.
,
• An antecede nt is tl, 0 w ord or w o r s a d th t a pronoun refers to.

. . . d ,. ed word or words.
A . Wriite a pronoun to toke the place of the un er m . 1
Write an S I·f the pronoun ts singular; write a P if the pronoun ,s P1ura ·

1. Eliz.a and Haley went to the movie together. - -- - - -- - -

2. Tt.e movie started at 2:00 P.M. _ __ _ _ _ _ __

3 . Eliza tho ught the movie was great. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

4. O ther people in the audience thought so too. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

5. After the movie, Haley's brother, Joe, walked home with the gir\s.

B. Circle the pronoun in each sentence. Underline the antecedent.

6. Eliza and Haley said they were hungry after the movie.

7. Haley's dad asked Eliza if she would like to stay tor dinner.

8. Mr. Lawrence asked the girls to help him make a pizza.

9. Haley cut the pizza and brought it to the table.

10. After dinner, Joe washed the dishes and put them away.

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Name _ _ __ _ _...._
,ct,, •mar:
__ Agreement of Pronouns ano '"'me"'~""" '" --
_ _ _ _ _ __ __

• Pronouns must agree With their antecedents in number.

• Pronouns must agree with th .
\
'h
e1r antecedents in gender.

A Choose the pronoun in pare th

•
sentence. . .1t on the line. n eses ( ) that correctly completes each
Wnte

1. My sister Elizabeth says (they, she) wants to learn a foreign language.

2. Elizabeth asked Mr. Stokes to help (her, us) choose a language.

3. Mr. Stokes said to consider the difficulty of the language and whether knowing
(they, it) will be useful. _ _ _ _ _ __

4. Spanish and Mandarin are both good choices because many people speak
(them, it). _ _ _ _ __

s. Mr. Stokes said that (he, she) enjoys German because it is a close relative
of English. _ _ _ _ _ __

B. Fill in the blank with the appropriate pronoun.

6. Elizabeth thinks Italian and Portuguese sound beautiful, so she wants to study

7. However, more people speak Frenc h, so _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is probably

more useful.

8. Philip and I take French, and - - - - - - - love it.

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 Gramm ar·. Prootreaa
Name _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ __

• A pronoun takes the place of one

or more nouns in a sentence. A
personal pronoun refers to a person
or thing. Singular pronouns are
I, you, he, she, it, me, him, and her.
us, and them Plural pronouns are we, you, they,

• An antecedent is the word or wo

rds that a pronoun refers to. Pronou
must agree with their antecedents ns
in number and gender.
• Avoid vague pronoun reference.

• To fix a vague pronoun reference,

pronoun with a noun. rephrase the sentence or replace the

Rewrite each sentence correctly. Us

e correct capitalization and punctu
ation.
1. the Teacher greeted the students
and asked him to sit down

2. henry got out his pencil, opened his

book and went to sharpen it.

3. Angela asked if they could help

call the roll".

4. when the bell rang, it startled the

students?

s. after lunch, Jonah we nt to talk to Mr.

carlson, his math teacher, in his office

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 Name _ ____ __
that correctly completes the sentence
A. Choose the pronoun in paren theses ( ) ·
Write it on the line.
. (we us) can.
1. My family reuses or recycles every th1 ng '
(he she) takes them to the
2. After Grandfather saves a month of newspapers, '
recycling center. _ _ _ _ _ __

. h they) together.
3. Lin helps bundle the newspapers and tie (t em,

h her) can use them to wrap gifts

4. I save the colorful comic pages for Mom so (s e,
·

5. We also save copy paper and use (it, them) for making notepads.

B. Circle the pronoun in each sentence and write the pronoun's

antecedent
on the line.

6. Mom sorts the cans and bottles and puts them in separate bins.

7. Grandfather asks the children to help him sort the plastic conta
iners.

8. Not all plastic products are recyclable, but many of them are. _
_ _ _ _ __

9. Mom tries to save plastic that is not recyclable and use it again.

10. Lin collects the filled bins and hauls them to the alley. _ _ __
_ __

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