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Pronouns
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Pronouns
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Contractions
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2. Define Pronoun
Answer: It takes the place of a noun or pronoun.

3. Define Antecedent
Answer: The word the pronoun takes the place of.

4. What are three forms of pronouns?
Answer: subject, object, possessive.

5. What does it mean if the antecedent agrees with the pronoun?
Answer: gender and number

6. Explain the difference between a pronoun with an apostrophe and a pronoun without an apostrophe.
Answer: A pronoun with an apostrophe is a contraction.

7. A cowboy must overcome his fears before he enters the rodeo competition.
Answer: P( his, he)
A (cowboy)

8. Many people who visit California later move there.
Answer: P( who, there)
A (people, California)

9. Ms. Tramiel is going to the opera. It doesn’t start until 8 P.m.
Answer: P (it)
A (opera)

10. After the refrigerator was repaired, it ran perfectly.
Answer: P (it)
A (refrigerator)

11. The book that has all the answers is the one Rita wants.
Answer: P (one)
A (book)

12. The soldier at the gate saluted Jimmy and (he, him).
Answer: Him

13. When will you send (she, her) and (I, me) the yellow yarn.
Answer: her, me

14. All the skiers followed (they, them) and (we, us) down the slope.
Answer: them, us

15. The shifting wind at the summit hit (she, her) from all sides.
Answer: her

16. The mysterious stranger asked (he, him) and (she, her) for directions.
Answer: him, her

17. Billy and (she, her) went to the basketball game.
Answer: she

18. Mary Leakey and (they, them) searched for fossils in Tanzania.
Answer: they

19. The real victims of the plot were (she, her) and her family.
Answer: she

20. Mary and (he, him) were first-rate wildlife photographers.
Answer: he

22. For several days the oriole prepared a nest for (it’s, its) young.
Answer: its

23. The Smiths are probably home, since that car is (their’s, theirs).
Answer: theirs

24. (You’re, Your) going to enter the that poster contest, aren’t you?
Answer: You’re

25. Is (they’re, their) latest album out yet?
Answer: their

26. What form is the italicized pronoun? Our airport is open all night.
Answer: possessive

27. As a matter of fact, nobody scored points for (his or her, their) team.
Answer: his or her

28. ? The elms or maples are losing (its, their) leaves.
Answer: their

29. Can Jon and Larry keep (his, their) secret?
Answer: their

30. Virgin City was given (its, their) name by a man named “Old Virginia.”
Answer: its

31. What form is the italicized pronoun.
Mark told me about a movie.
Answer: object

32. ?
Answer:

33. ?
Answer: