Sebastian
Everyone knows that _______ will suffer indigestion after eating a chocolate-broccoli muffin.
he or she; he
Correct the following: The catering committee did not care that their squid eyeball stew made everyone at the Halloween dance violently ill.
its
Which word(s) is(are) the clue to the tricky rule that tells you how to make the pronoun for the following sentence? Neither Ursula, my parrot, nor Blaze and Chance, my cousins, will give up their cookie, even if I ask politely.
Neither...nor
What is the antecedent of the underlined pronoun?
So boring was the lecture that Cindy focused solely on her professor's moving hands; they jumped and twitched like electrified spiders on the surface of the podium.
Hands
How many pronouns are in the Pledge of Allegiance?
4: I, it, all, which
After accidentally decapitating the old woman's poodle, the knife jugglers jumped into _______van and sped away.
their
Correct this: The new and improved laundry detergent uses their special powers to clean the chocolate sauce from Cheryl’s new skirt
its
Which word is the clue to the tricky rule that tells you how to make the pronoun for the following sentence? If anyone needs Pepto Bismol after eating a fudge-stuffed mushroom, he should rush to the bathroom before the entire bottle is gone.
anyone
What is the antecedent of the underlined word?
My grandmother, as well as many other older women, believes that she should wait until a man calls her, rather than calling the man first.
Grandmother
How many "tricky" rules were in the powerpoint?
5
Neither the crew members nor the manager will open ________ register to refund your money for that half-eaten hamburger.
his; his or her
Correct this: A person who eats too many jawbreakers risks loosening their fillings and chipping his teeth.
his or her
Which word is the clue to the tricky rule that tells you how to make the pronoun for the following sentence? The boss rambled for forty-five long minutes before he finally sat down and shut up. Everyone in the room wished that he or she had bought a cup of coffee before coming to the meeting.
Everyone
What is the antecedent to the underlined pronoun?
Not only the city council members but also the mayor donated his lunch money to a downtown shelter for World Hunger Day.
mayor
What is tricky rule 5 about?
Collective Nouns
Fingerprints and dog snot dull both the computer monitor and refrigerator door, so we better clean_________ before Grandma comes for dinner.
them
Correct this: Mr. Smith, like Beverly and Jeremiah, has decided to spend their lunch break eating pepperoni pizza at the campus cafeteria.
his
Which word is the clue to the tricky rule that tells you how to make the pronoun for the following sentence? The committee made a unanimous decision to use its bake sale funds to buy plane tickets to Hawaii instead of new uniforms for the band members.
Committee
What is the antecedent of the underlined pronoun?
My thirty-six-year-old brother still prizes a squirrel skull and a cigar box full of baseball cards because they are relics from his happy childhood.
a squirrel skull and a cigar box full of baseball cards
What is a collective noun?
a noun that names a group of many things as one unit
That runner on the track team always wins races because _________ ________ no fear of leaving some skin on the pavement.
he or she has
Correct this: With the right training, every puppy and kitten eventually learns not to urinate on their owner's floor.
his or her
Which word is the clue to the tricky rule that tells you how to make the pronoun for the following sentence? Every piece of Debra’s jewelry glittered in the light; it gave the impression that Debra had been dipped in gold.
Every
Which word is the antecedent of the underlined word? While they were watching the Battle of the Bands, Mark and Pedro made bets on which musician of Nuclear Toasters would trash her guitar first.
Musician
Which of the five tricky rules had two parts to it?
Tricky Rule 4: indefinite nouns that are always singular, and those that are sometimes singular and sometimes plural