
Pronouns and antecedents
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- Q1In the sentence 'Maria lost her book', what is the antecedent for the pronoun 'her'?booklostsentenceMaria30s
- Q2In the sentence 'The dog wagged its tail happily', what is the antecedent for the pronoun 'its'?taildogwaggedhappily30s
- Q3In the sentence 'The students raised their hands when the teacher asked a question', what is the antecedent for the pronoun 'their'?teacherhandsquestionstudents30s
- Q4In the sentence 'Emily and Sarah went to the park because they wanted to play', what is the antecedent for the pronoun 'they'?wantedplayEmily and Sarahthe park30s
- Q5In the sentence 'The cat chased its tail around the room', what is the antecedent for the pronoun 'its'?roomcattailchased30s
- Q6In the sentence 'Jack and his brother built a treehouse, but it collapsed during the storm', what is the antecedent for the pronoun 'it'?Jackbrothertreehousestorm30s
- Q7In the sentence 'The teachers gave their students extra time to finish the test', what is the antecedent for the pronoun 'their'?timestudentsteacherstest30s
- Q8In the sentence 'When the boys went to the store, they bought candy', what is the antecedent for the pronoun 'they'?storewentcandyboys30s
- Q9In the sentence 'The flowers bloomed and they added color to the garden', what is the antecedent for the pronoun 'they'?flowersgardenaddedbloomed30s
- Q10In the sentence 'Sarah bought a new dress, but it didn't fit her', what is the antecedent for the pronoun 'it'?herSarahdressfit30s
- Q11Which pronoun correctly refers to the antecedent in this sentence: 'The dog wagged its tail when it saw the ball.'?themhesheit30s
- Q12In the sentence 'Jessica and Mia went to the park. They played soccer there.', what is the antecedent for the pronoun 'They'?theythe parksoccerJessica and Mia30s
- Q13In the sentence 'The teacher gave her students their assignments.', what does the pronoun 'her' refer to?the classthe assignmentsthe studentsThe teacher30s
- Q14In the sentence 'The cat chased its tail until it got tired.', what is the antecedent for the pronoun 'it'?the chasethe tailthe catthe tiredness30s
- Q15In the sentence 'The children played with their toys until they were tired.', what is the antecedent for the pronoun 'they'?the gamesthe parkthe toysthe children30s