Quiz: Pronoun Antecedent Agreement
10 Questions
| Total Attempts: 47810
An antecedent is a word that is meant to come before a pronoun. When placing an antecedent one must ensure that it agrees with the pronoun in number. How well did you understand the topic yesterday? Take the quiz and see if you need more studying on it. Good luck!
Questions and Answers
- 1.Neither Dennis nor Martin should forget to include personal stories about ________ subject.
- A.
His
- B.
Their
- C.
They
- 2.Neither Martin nor Dennis will have trouble finding information for _______ report.
- A.
Their
- B.
His
- C.
None of the above
- 3.Dennis, one of the class members has chosen Thomas Jefferson as ______ topic.
- A.
Her
- B.
His
- C.
Their
- 4.Everyone needs to know that __________must assemble facts, not opinions.
- A.
He or she
- B.
They
- C.
Their
- 5.Several other classmates have also chosen __________ topic.
- A.
Their
- B.
His or her
- C.
Theys
- 6.Each of the boys refused help saying that _________ would proofread the report on ________ own.
- A.
He, his
- B.
They, their
- C.
We, our
- 7.Nobody likes to discover that ___________ have (has) just read a dull report about an interesting subject.
- A.
He or she
- B.
They
- C.
Them
- 8.Martin has just chosen George Washington as _________ topic for his research paper.
- A.
Their
- B.
His
- C.
Her
- 9.Either Maggie or Sadie offered ________ help with proofreading.
- A.
Their
- B.
Her
- C.
His or her
- 10.Each of these founding fathers has left ________mark on the world.
- A.
Their
- B.
His
- C.
Her
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun or another pronoun.
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