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Define a Subject.
The main noun in a sentence (what the sentence is about).
Identify the subject and the verb it agrees with. Ruth's story (is/are) a Bible story that ends happily.
story is
Indefinite Pronouns must agree with verb in what specific way?
Number.
her
Identify the missing pronoun. Shoppers buy coffee beans or preground coffee and brew ___ at home.
it
Define a verb.
A word that indicates action or state of being.
Identify the subject and verb it agrees with. One day Boaz (sees, see) Ruth in his field.
Name 5 indefinite pronouns
Answers will vary
Identify the pronoun missing. They made Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette _____ prisoners.
Their
Identify the the indefinite pronoun and the personal pronoun that agrees with it. Someone on the boy's team thought that (his, their) team had won.
Someone, his
Define Pronoun.
A word that replaces a noun in a sentence
Identify the subject and the verb it agrees with. Their bicycle business or their small newspaper company (takes/take) most of their time.
Business or company takes
Identify the indefinite pronoun and the verb it agrees with. Many of the students (is, are) going to bring either binoculars or telescopes.
Many are
Pronouns must always agree in ___ and in ___ with their antecedents
gender and number
Identify the missing pronoun.
1. New clothes or an expensive piece of jewelry often made ___ appearance in Marie Antoinette's chambers.
2. Members of the aristocracy or any subject loyal to the monarchy could be seen to ___ death instantly.
1. its
2. his
Define Antecedent
Identify the subject or the verb that it agrees with. The boys or their father (visits, visit) the library regularly to obtain books about flying.
boys or father visits
Identify the subject and the verb it agrees with.
No one (complains, complain) about the idea of coming to school at nighttime.
Identify the missing pronoun. Everyone claps ___ hands after the winning score.
his
Define subject, antecedent, pronoun, and verb
Subject: Main noun in the sentence (what the sentence is about)
Verb: a word indicating action or state of being
Pronoun: a word that replaces a noun in a sentence
Antecedent: The noun that the pronoun replaces or refers to
A subject must agree with the verb in what specific category?
Number
Identify the subject and the verb that agrees with it. A book by Otto Lilienthal or books by Octave Chanute (is, are) among their favorites.
book or books are
Identify the subject and verb it agrees with. 1. Nobody (likes, like) to go away empty-handed.
2. Few (is, are) interested in the clamshells that wash up on the shore in masses.
Nobody likes
Few are
If the gender of the pronoun is unknown and the number is singular, than write the pronoun in the ____ form.
Masculine
Identify the indefinite pronoun and personal pronoun it agrees with.
1. Aspiring to be a knight, each began (his, their) training at age 7.
2. Many of the young men spent the night before (his, their) dubbing ceremonies in prayer at the church.
3. As a knight, one had (his, their) own coat of arms.
1. each, his
2. many, their
3. one, his