English Worksheet With Answers Page 34
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Make Pronouns Agree with Their Antecedents
• A p ronoun usually refers back to a noun. This noun is called the antecedent.
Where is the remote? Isn’t i t on the coffee table?
antecedent
pronoun
• A p ronoun must agree with its antecedent. It must match the noun it refers
to in gender (male or female) and number (singular or plural).
Jorge still can’t find the remote. H e has looked everywhere.
Ask Rachel and Vanessa. T hey were watching TV this afternoon.
Try It
A. (16–21) Complete the story by adding the correct pronouns. Draw an arrow
from each pronoun to its antecedent.
He
Eugene McDonald was the founder of Zenith Electronics Corporation.
He
wanted to give people a way to control their TVs from their couches.
them
met with Zenith’s engineers and asked
to come up with an idea.
They
It
created a device called the Lazy Bones.
was
It
connected to the TV by a cable.
was very awkward.
B. (22–25) Edit the report. Fix the four pronouns. Use proofreader’s marks.
He
McDonald wanted something better. It went back to the engineers
Proofreader’s Marks
them
it
Change text:
and told him to create a remote without wires. One engineer,
Can you fix him?
Eugene Polley, created a remote that used a light beam to control
It
the TV. She became known as the Flashmatic. Unfortunately, the
It
TV didn’t just respond to the Flashmatic. They also responded to
sunlight, which caused the TV to turn on and off by itself.
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