Personal Pronouns
Identify the Antecdent
Two deer led their young to the river.
What is deer?
What is the pronoun
Will the treasurer give her report?
What is her?
Identify the pronoun and the antecdent.
The jaguar struck the rock and injured its front paw.
jaguar; its
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?
Identify the pronoun and the antecdent
The violinist said he practices seven days a week.
violinist; he
Identify the Antecedent
Bill left his homework on the bus.
What is Bill?
What is the prounoun?
Baking cookies for the party is not a good idea. It takes too much time.
What is It?
Identify the pronoun and the antecdent
A herd of bighorn sheep appeared, but they were frightened away by the airplane.
sheep; they
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?
Identify the prounoun
If they arrive in time, the boys will do the work.
What is they?
Identify the pronoun and the antecdent
As the steamboat rounded the bend, black smoke poured from its smokestack.
steamboat; its
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?
Identify the pronoun and the antecdent After some discussion the explorers chose their route through the mountains.
explorers; their
What is the pronoun and is it singular or plural? The actors practiced their parts at rehearsal.
What is their; plural?