Antecedents
Types of Pronoun/Anteced-ent Agreement
Pronouns
100
A word that pronouns refer to.
What is an antecedent?
100
A pronoun must agree with its antecedent in number and gender.
What is the rule?
100
A word that stands in for nouns.
What is a pronoun?
200
The can of lima beans sits on its shelf.
What is its?
200
The jury members gave their individual opinions.
What is plural?
200
Neither of the boys has done his homework.
What is neither?
300
Parents should watch their children before the children get into trouble.
What is their?
300
The fashion designer made sure that all of her clothes were displayed in the top end stores.
What is singular feminine?
300
Even though the party was fun, it was crowded.
What is the party?
400
Everyone should make his or her own decision.
What is his or her?
400
The football player threw a perfect pass to his intended receiver.
What is singular masculine?
400
Neither the director nor the actors did their jobs.
What is actors?
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