Pronouns

Question 1

Pronouns

Answer 1

Take the place of nouns

Question 2

The word for which the pronoun stands is called

Answer 2

The antecedent

Question 3

“George Washington picked up his waistcoat and admired its golden buttons.” What are the two antecedents in this sentence?

Answer 3

George Washington and waistcoat

Question 4

What are the eight different types of pronouns?

Answer 4

Personal
Possessive
Reciprocal
Reflexive
Demonstrative
Interrogative
Relative
Indefinite

Question 5

Personal pronouns indicate

Answer 5

A person speaking, spoken to, or spoken of

Question 6

Give an example of the dummy it.

Answer 6

It snowed last night.

It’s cold.

Question 7

What are the possessive pronouns?

Answer 7

My, mine
Your, yours
His, her, hers, its
Our, ours
Your, yours
Their, theirs

Question 8

Some possessive pronouns are used to modify nouns and seem to function as

Answer 8

Determiners.

Question 9

Do you use an apostrophe with possessive pronouns to show possession?

Answer 9

Never

Question 10

What are the reciprocal pronouns?

Answer 10

Each other and one another

Question 11

When should you use each other vs one another?

Answer 11

Each other when referring to two people. One another when referring to more.

Question 12

How do you form the reflexive pronouns?

Answer 12

Add either -self or -selves to the appropriate possessive pronoun.

Question 13

What are the demonstrative pronouns?

Answer 13

This, these

That, those

Question 14

Demonstrative pronouns point to ______. They can also function as ______.

Answer 14

The nouns they are replacing. Determiners.

Question 15

What are the interrogative pronouns?

Answer 15

Who, which, and what

Question 16

Interrogative pronouns are

Answer 16

Words of interrogation

Question 17

What causes who to change form?

Answer 17

The case. Whether it’s nominative, objective, or possessive

Question 18

Should you use who, whom, or whose in the following sentence?

_____ stole my car?

Answer 18

Who

Question 19

Should you use who, whom, or whose in the following sentence?

_____ are we meeting?

Answer 19

Whom

Question 20

Should you use who, whom, or whose in the following sentence?

_____ ate all my brussels sprouts?

Answer 20

Who

Question 21

Should you use who, whom, or whose in the following sentence?

_____ book is this?

Answer 21

Whose

Question 22

Should you use who, whom, or whose in the following sentence?

For _____ did you buy those flowers?

Answer 22

Whom

Question 23

Can the interrogative pronouns be used as an adjective to modify a noun?

Answer 23

Yes, as a determiner

Question 24

Do interrogative pronouns have antecedents?

Answer 24

No

Question 25

What is a subordinate clause?

Answer 25

A subordinate clause is a group of words that has a subject and a predicate but that does not make sense on its own.

Question 26

What do we call a subordinate clause that begins with a relative pronoun?

Answer 26

We call it a relative clause or a nominal relative clause.

Question 27

What are the relative pronouns?

Answer 27

They are who which that what when where and why.

Question 28

What two functions do relative pronouns perform?

Answer 28

They replace nouns and also connect those replaced nouns to subordinate clauses.

Question 29

How do you form compound relative pronouns?

Answer 29

By adding -ever or -soever to the standard relatives.

Question 30

Which relative pronoun and its forms refers only to people?

Answer 30

Who

Question 31

Which relative pronoun refers to things quality or ideas never to people or animals?

Answer 31

What?

Question 32

Does what have a specific antecedent?

Answer 32

No, it implies its own antecedent.

Question 33

Which relative pronoun refers to times?

Answer 33

When

Question 34

Which relative pronoun refers to places?

Answer 34

Where

Question 35

Which relative pronoun refers to reasons?

Answer 35

Why

Question 36

Which relative pronoun refers to people, animals, things, ideas, and qualities?

Answer 36

That

Question 37

Which relative pronoun refers to animals, things, ideas, and qualities, but never to people?

Answer 37

Which