Personal Pronouns
What is the personal pronoun: The explorers sailed their ship across the Pacific.
What is their
Identify the Antecedent: Two deer led their young to the river.
What is deer?
What is the pronoun: Will the treasurer give her report?
What is her?
Underline the pronoun and circle the antecedent: The jaguar struck the rock and injured its front paw.
What is circle: jaguar underline: its
Singular or Plural Pronoun? We
What is plural
Identify the personal pronoun: Bill left his homework on the bus.
What is his?
Identify the Antecedent: The champion skater always performed on his newest skates.
What is champion skater?
What is the pronoun: The rattlesnake kills its victims with venom.
What is its?
Underline the pronoun and circle the antecedent: The violinist said he practices seven days a week.
What is circle: violinist underline: he
Singular or Plural Pronoun? Them
What is Plural
Identify the personal pronoun: The bicycle is yours, Martha.
What is yours?
Identify the Antecedent: Bill left his homework on the bus.
What is Bill?
What is the pronoun: Baking cookies for the party is not a good idea. It takes too much time.
What is It?
Underline the pronoun and circle the antecedent: A herd of bighorn sheep appeared, but they were frightened away by the airplane.
What is circle: sheep underline: they
What is the pronoun and is it singular or plural? Albert Einstein devoted his life to science.
What is his; singular
Identify the personal pronoun: When the astronaut landed his spaceship, the sun had already set.
What is his?
Identify the Antecedent: The bicycle is yours, Martha.
What is Martha?
Underline the pronoun and circle the antecedent: As the steamboat rounded the bend, black smoke poured from its smokestack.
What is circle: steamboat underline: its
What is the pronoun and is it singular or plural? The Mississippi empties its waters into the Gulf of Mexico.
What is its; singular
Identify the personal pronoun: A large sheepdog buries its bones behind the barn.
What is its?
Identify the antecedent: Where are you going, Bob?
What is Bob?
Identify the pronoun: Martha explained how she won the contest.
What is she?
Underline the pronoun and circle the antecedent: After some discussion the explorers chose their route through the mountains.
What is circle: explorers underline: their
What is the pronoun and is it singular or plural? The actors practiced their parts at rehearsal.
What is their; plural?