PRONOUNS AND ANTECEDENTS

THEME 3LESSON 14

What is a pronoun?

A pronoun is a word that takes the place of one or more nouns.

For Example: 1. Laura wanted to vote. She wanted to vote.2. Sara and Gena are friends. They are friends.

These are pronouns!

Iyouhesheit

wetheymehimherus

them

mymineyouryours

hisherhersitsourourstheirtheirs

What is an antecedent?

An antecedent is the noun or nouns the pronoun refers to.

For example: Kate and I will go to the lake if

you drive us there.Kate and I are the antecedents, and

us is the pronoun.

Circle the pronoun and underline the antecedent

1. Greg and Al were glad when they arrived in Mexico.

2. Emily flew to England when she was eight years old.

3. The teacher laughs when he is happy.

4. Sandy screamed when she got scared!

Circle the pronoun and underline the antecedent

5. Roger announced that he wanted to build a fort.

6. Evan and Eric watched clouds as part of their weather project.

7. I read the book and it was really good!

Fill in the blanks with a pronoun! Harry had a pile of newspapers and sold

_____ to his customers. Harry got _____ attention by screaming the headlines. Some of _____ just ignored Harry’s screaming. Other people bought the newspaper. _____ always thanked his customers. _____ favorite customer was Ms. Johnson. She always bought a newspaper and greeted _____. Harry thought _____ was the nicest person he knew!

POP QUIZ!!!Name the pronoun and the

antecedent!1. My dog ran

upstairs when it got scared.

2. Karen and I went to Kohls and we bought clothes.

3. John and Nate studied until they felt confident.

4. After they finished the game, the students cheered!