Indefinite Pronouns
Find the Error and Correct It
Problemetic Personals
It's All Relative
Pronoun Potpourri
100
These pronouns can refer to people, places or things without actually specifying which ones; frequently they do not have antecedents.
What is an indefinite pronoun?
100
Everybody enjoyed themselves at the party.
What is themselves/should be himself or herself?
100
It must have been (she/her) in the room.
What is she?
100
These pronouns are used when speaking about people or pets.
What are who, whom, whoever, whomever?
100
These pronouns relate to the antecedent.
What is relative?
200
The following pronouns are always this in number: each, every, neither, one, body, thing
What is singular?
200
More of the same were ordered by the senator.
What is was ordered?
200
These pronouns are used when speaking of places, things or ideas.
What are which or that?
200
These pronouns ask a question.
What is interrogative?
300
Many of the children (is/are) in the room.
What is are?
300
Each of the papers on the desk were ruined by water.
What is were ruined/should be was ruined?
300
(We/Us) freshmen seem to be bullied more every year.
What is we?
300
Correct or incorrect? She is the kind of person that sees the glass as half empty.
What is incorrect?
300
This, that, these, those are this type of pronoun.
What is demonstrative?
400
Correct or incorrect? Neither the students nor the teacher have been immunized this year.
What is incorrect?
400
Me and my brother often enjoy a rousing game of Scrabble after dinner.
What is me and my brother/should be my brother and I?
400
Did you see Tom and (she/her) at the dance?
What is her?
400
Correct or incorrect? My pet Beagle is a dog who likes to be cuddled every morning.
What is correct?
400
The two functions of pronouns such as themselves or myself are these.
What are reflexive and intensive?
500
Indefinite pronouns do not identify this, and it has caused some controversy over the years.
What is gender?
500
Josie is taller than him, and that makes Josie proud.
What is him/should be he?
500
It should have been (she/her) chosen as the lead in the play.
What is she?
500
These two relative pronouns are ALWAYS objective.
What whom and whomever?
500
Make any corrections in this sentence: Ben and us teammates agreed that he should of asked Margaret or myself for a ride to the match; his absence made us forfeit the game, and its to late to reschedule a rematch.
What are Ben and we, should have, Margaret or me, it's too late?
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