Pronouns
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100
List the three CASES of pronouns.
Nominative Objective Possessive
100
How do you tell if a pronoun is being used as a direct object?
Does it answer the question "verb + who/what"?
100
What does a predicate nominative do?
Renames the subject in the predicate.
100
Name four situations that require a capital letter.
beginning of a sentence, person's name, place name, any other proper noun, title of a book, song, etc.
100
Is this a fragment, a run-on, or a complete sentence? "Although early Christians were hunted down, tortured, and persecuted."
Fragment
200
If a pronoun is in the OBJECTIVE CASE, what are the three ways that it may be used in the sentence?
Direct object Indirect object Object of a preposition
200
List three prepositions.
of, from, about, to, around, over, under, near, in, etc.
200
List all of the pronouns in the nominative case.
I / you / he, she, it / we / you / they
200
Correct this sentence if necessary. Tally and Mitch's mom work at the Hilton Hotel.
work changes to works
200
List all of the pronouns in the objective case.
me / you / him, her, it / us / you / them
300
Which type of pronouns are combined with "self" or "selves"? List 3 of them.
Compound pronouns - ourselves, myself, himself, etc.
300
Choose the right pronoun AND tell how it is used in the sentence: Mrs. MacIntosh told (us, we) students a story of her childhood.
us; indirect object
300
How is the pronoun "us" being used in this sentence? The ambassador invited our leaders and us for a tour of the zoo.
Direct object (Invited who? Invited us.)
300
Find the simple subject and predicate of this sentence: My brother Josh, who is 6'2'', actually doesn't like basketball very much.
subject: Josh // verb: does like
300
What do you call the noun the pronoun replaces?
the antecedent
400
How is the pronoun "one" being used in this sentence? "The zookeeper was the one who made our visit delightful."
predicate nominative
400
List all of the possessive pronouns AND the possessive adjectives. You must identify which are the pronouns and which are the adjectives.
Possessive pronouns: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, yours, theirs // Possessive adjectives: my, your, his, her, its, our, your, their
400
Choose the correct pronoun: It was (them/they) who infiltrated the neutral zone.
they (predicate nominative)
400
List five uses for commas.
used with a conjunction to separate a run-on / used in a date / used in a letter (for the greeting and closing / separate items in a list / separate independent and dependent clauses / city, state / used after an introductory word
400
Give three situations that require quotation marks.
direct quotation (speech); chapter title; song title; poem title, etc.
500
Choose the right pronouns below AND tell how they are used in the sentences. (We/us) seventh graders won the Box Top challenge. We collected our Box Tops and brought (they/them) to Mrs. Zars.
We; subject // them; direct object
500
Identify the right pronoun AND tell how it is used in the sentence. Amber insisted that the thief was (he/him).
he; predicate nominative
500
Correct any errors below: Nobody want to do the whole assignment, so each of us are going to do a different piece; that way, everybody wins.
Nobody wantS to do the whole assignment, so each of us IS going to do a different piece; that way everybody wins. (2 errors)
500
Correct this passage: Dear Mr. Jacobsen, I will be leaving early on Thursday, January 17th. Would you please substitute for my class on that afternoon? The students will be taking a test, so you just need to pass out the papers. The teacher, not the students, give out the test papers. The students may not speak during the test. Thank you!
The teacher, not the student, giveS...
500
Name the three ways that you can fix a run-on sentence.
comma + conjunction / period + capital letter (break into 2 sentences) / semicolon
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