Excercise For Pronoun Antecedent

EXERCISE 1:
Identifying Pronouns and Their Antecedents Directions: In each sentence underline once
the personal pronoun and underline twice its antecedent.
1) As a child, Aunt Livia often played with her dollhouse.

2) In the 1500s, dollhouse owners used the dollhouses to show off their wealth.
3) The dollhouses were made to imitateir the owners’ homes.
4) In one place, a rich woman could show visitors how beautifully her whole house was
decorated.
5) The man of the house could give guests an idea of treasures he kept in storage.
6) These houses were not small; some of them were six feet high.
7) Dutch merchants made their dollhouses much smaller.
8) The Utrecht Dollhouse, one of the most famous of its kind, consists of a cabinet with
tiny furnished rooms instead of drawers or shelves.
9) Craftspeople of the late 1600s gave their talents to creating the Utrecht Dollhouse.
10) Anyone thinking that dollhouses are only for children should revise his or her belief.
11) Dollhouses of the 1500s and 1600s, miniature copies of their wealthy owners’
homes, can help a researcher improve his or her understanding of those times.
12) In the 1920s, a society woman created a dollhouse, and Carrie Stettheimer’s artist
friends contributed their talents to making it special.
13) Among those friends was the painter Marcel Duchamp, best known for his pioneering
the artistic movement called Dada.
14) Duchamp contributed to the Stettheimer dollhouse a tiny work painted by him.
EXERCISE 2:
Making Pronouns and Antecedents Agree Directions: Circle the pronoun that correctly
completes each sentence. Also, underline the antecedent(s) of the pronoun.
1) When the team scored a touchdown, the crowd threw (its, their) hats in the air.
2) Neither Carmen nor her sisters have bought a gift for (her, their) brother.
3) Scuba divers are taught that (you, they) should check (your, their) equipment.
4) Patrick and Warren will present (his, their) routine before the other gymnasts do.
5) Not one hiker would set out without (his or her, their) compass.
6) Sal and Marcus shop for clothes here because (you, they) can find good bargains.
7) Either Debbie or Melinda will bring (her, their) ice skates.
8) Anyone who wants a job should bring (his or her, their) application to me.
9) Arctic explorers discover that (you, they) cannot expose skin to the icy air.
10) I told everyone in the boys’ choir that (you, he) had to bring a boxed lunch.
11) Neither Carl nor Mark asked (his, their) parents to chaperone the dance.
12) The town council will be presenting (its, their) own proposal for the new park.
13) Fran always liked walking home because (you, she) saved money on bus fare.
14) If (you, they) should fall, experienced in-line skaters know that knee and elbow pads
will reduce the risk of injury.
15) Neither Kate nor Anne has had (her, their) vacation pictures developed yet.
EXERCISE 3:
Making Pronouns and Antecedents Agree in Writing Directions: Read the following
paragraph. Look especially for errors in agreement between pronouns and their
antecedents. When you find a pronoun error, cross out the incorrect pronoun and write
the correct one above it. There will not be a mistake in every sentence.
(1) Kathy has always liked dollhouses, and she got an idea for a business from her
their hobby. (2) Now she and her brothers make dollhouses for sale. (3) Neither
she nor her brothers give all of her there time to the business. (4) Still, the
team makes all its spending money from sales. (5) Kathy’s older and assembles
the pieces. (6) He she chooses the plywood, cuts it to scale, and assembles the
pieces. (7) Her younger brother, Max, paints the houses inside out, giving
their details like doors, windows, and shutters. (8) While Murray and Max do
their jobs, Kathy buys miniature furniture. (9) Then she sews curtains, rugs,
tablecloths, and bedspreads to make each house special. (10) From October
until mid-December, the crew takes their turns selling its products at craft
sales.

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EXERCISE 1:

1) As a child, Aunt Livia often played with her dollhouse.

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