Pronoun Antecedent Agreement Quiz for 8th Grade: Test Your Skills

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 🔍 Pronoun: A word that replaces a noun (e.g., he, she, it, they, him, her, them).
• 🧑‍🏫 Antecedent: The noun that the pronoun refers to.
• 🤝 Agreement: The pronoun and its antecedent must agree in number (singular/plural) and gender (masculine/feminine/neuter).
• 💡 Singular Antecedents: Use singular pronouns (he, she, it, him, her, his). Example: *The dog wagged its tail.*
• 👯 Plural Antecedents: Use plural pronouns (they, them, their). Example: *The students completed their assignments.*
• 🎭 Indefinite Pronouns (Singular): Words like *everyone, someone, anyone, each, every, nobody, somebody, anybody, either, neither* take singular pronouns. Example: *Everyone should bring his or her lunch.*
• 👯 Compound Antecedents Joined by 'and': Generally plural. Example: *John and Mary went to their favorite restaurant.*
• 🤨 Compound Antecedents Joined by 'or' or 'nor': The pronoun agrees with the antecedent closer to it. Example: *Neither the students nor the teacher brought her notes.*

📝 Practice Quiz

1. Which sentence demonstrates correct pronoun-antecedent agreement?
   1. A. Every student should bring their textbook to class.
   2. B. Each of the girls did her best on the exam.
   3. C. Someone left their phone in the library.
   4. D. Neither of the boys finished his homework.
2. Choose the sentence with the proper pronoun agreement:
   1. A. The team celebrated its victory with a pizza party.
   2. B. The team celebrated their victory with a pizza party.
   3. C. The team celebrated it's victory with a pizza party.
   4. D. The teams celebrated its victory with a pizza party.
3. Select the sentence that correctly uses a pronoun to refer to the antecedent:
   1. A. The cat licked their paw.
   2. B. The cat licked its paw.
   3. C. The cats licked its paw.
   4. D. The cat licked it's paw.
4. Which sentence correctly uses a pronoun to refer to two antecedents joined by "and"?
   1. A. John and Mary said he would be late.
   2. B. John and Mary said she would be late.
   3. C. John and Mary said they would be late.
   4. D. John and Mary said it would be late.
5. Identify the sentence with proper pronoun-antecedent agreement when using "or".
   1. A. Neither the dog nor the cats had its food.
   2. B. Neither the dog nor the cats had their food.
   3. C. Neither the dog nor the cats had his food.
   4. D. Neither the dog nor the cats had her food.
6. Which sentence uses the correct pronoun form?
   1. A. Every one of the actors remembered their lines.
   2. B. Every one of the actors remembered his or her lines.
   3. C. Every one of the actors remembered its lines.
   4. D. Every one of the actors remembered hisself lines.
7. Choose the correct sentence showing pronoun agreement with an indefinite pronoun.
   1. A. Someone left their umbrella in my car.
   2. B. Someone left his or her umbrella in my car.
   3. C. Someone left her umbrella in my car.
   4. D. Someone left his umbrella in my car.