Question 1 (1 point) Question 1 Saved
Choose the answer. Which answer choice is using a nominative case pronoun correctly as the subject of the sentence?
Question 1 options:
Mary and him are flying to New York.
She and her friends will go shopping at the mall.
Terry gave her a present.
My sister and me like to watch football.
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Nominative case pronouns include he, she, they, I and will come before the verb when used as the subject.
Question 2 (1 point) Question 2 Unsaved
Choose the answer. Which answer choice is using a possessive case pronoun correctly?
Question 2 options:
The bird built its nest in that bush.
The bird built it's nest in that bush.
The bird built its' nest in that bush.
The bird built i'ts nest in that bush.
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Possessive case pronouns show ownership. They never have an apostrophe in them so don't confuse them with contractions!
Question 3 (1 point) Question 3 Unsaved
Choose the answer. Which sentence is using an objective case pronoun as an object of the preposition?
Question 3 options:
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Put it under the bed.
Betsy got a nice gift from him.
Jerome gave her the book.
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Objective case pronouns include him, her, them, me. Object of the preposition comes after a preposition (i.e. to, from, by, with).
Question 4 (1 point) Question 4 Unsaved
Choose an answer. Which sentence has pronoun-antecedent agreement?
Question 4 options:
Both of the girls brought her laptops.
No one in the room has their phones on.
Many people take his or her lunch to work.
One of the boys lost his sweatshirt.
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For a sentence to be easily understood, all pronouns must agree in number and gender with each pronoun's antecedent.
Question 5 (1 point) Question 5 Unsaved
Choose an answer. Which sentence has pronoun-antecedent agreement?
Question 5 options:
Each girl needs to bring her sleeping bag.
Several boys made his own dinner.
No one can leave their seats yet.
Neither girl wants to wear their dress today.
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For a sentence to be easily understood, all pronouns must agree in number and gender with each pronoun's antecedent.
