Practice: Circle the pronoun and underline the antecedent
Directions: Circle the pronoun and underline the antecedent.
1) The track was filled with potholes, and they were dangerous.
2) A novice could not avoid them as he turned.
3) His cycle shook painfully when it hit the row of potholes.
4) Witnesses to the accident said it was spectacular.
5) Doctors claimed the driver would regain his health soon.
6) What is an antecedent?
Directions: Circle the pronoun in each sentence. Then, label it correctly by writing either “N” (for nominative), “O” (for objective), or “P” (for possessive) next to the sentence.
7) Fairy tales used to be my favorite.
8) Melanie would bring books from the library for us.
9) They filled many happy hours.
10) We practically memorized the stories.
Directions: Look at the italicized pronoun in each sentence. Identify it correctly by writing one of these sets of initials next to the sentence.
P for personal, REF for reflexive, IND for indefinite, N for numerical, INT for interrogative, REL for relative, DEM for demonstrative
11) Ang Lee is my favorite director.
12) His movies are full of thought and wonderful cinematography.
13) Some are better than others.
14) One is called The Hulk.
15) Another is called Sense and Sensibility.
16) I have watched most of his movies.
17) Those are the DVDs I bought.
18) Lee directs as though he has lived through those experiences himself.
19) Which of the movies have you watched?
20) Sense and Sensibility is the movie that I enjoy the most.
Directions: In each sentence, look at the two words in parentheses. Circle the pronoun that is correct for that sentence.
21) The ground crew had completed (its, their) inspection.
22) They kept the plane in (its, his) best condition.
23) Lisa Trinn, one of the pilots, filed (her, their) flight plan.
24) Every member of the crew gave her (his, their) blessing.
25) She was flying a doctor, one of the city’s finest surgeons, to (his, their) patient.
26) He checked his medical supplies, packing (it, them) carefully.
27) A police officer, as well as two weather forecasters, offered (her, their) advice.
28) The patient was an accident victim (who, whose) legs were broken.
29) The doctor would operate to reset (it, them).
30) But the roads were flooded, and (it, they) were closed.
31) Many pilots offered (his or her, their) services in the emergency.
32) One, working with the police, used (his, their) skills on the radio.
33) Others, flying (his or her, their) own planes, took in food.
Directions: Look at the italicized pronoun in each sentence below. Write “C” next to the sentence if the pronoun is correct. If the pronoun is incorrect, write down the correct pronoun for that sentence.
34) Us students all went to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
35) Between you and me, it was great fun.
36) Since Mrs. Allan rented a bus, it was she who drove.
37) The map was given to Terry and I.
38) Her and I planned the route carefully,
39) Trish blushed when we laughed at she.
40) We saw Mr. Cline and him students.
41) He and them rode the BART.
42) To them, the BART was more practical.
43) The sculptures were most interesting for Ann and I.
44) Outside the museum, a taxi drove toward we students.
45) We were scared, but didn’t move.
46) The police told ourselves we were brave,
47) Terry spent all hers time at the pop culture exhibit.
48) Marcy and her also looked at the Art Deco paintings.
49) The gift shop offered us brochures of the museum.
50) By 3pm, everybody had spent his or her money.
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Dalida
English I
PRONOUN TEST
50 questions @ 2 points each= 100 points
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