Could you help me with these pronoun agreement questions?
True or False:
1] The pronoun those is an interrogative pronoun used with singular nouns.
2] In the sentence, I took the books, the direct object can be replaced with an absolute possessive pronoun.
3] In the sentence I gave Ellen and Jane the card, the word Jane can be replaced with the objective pronoun her.
4] In the sentence Neither Bruce nor his parents enjoyed the concert, his parents can be replaced with the nominative pronoun they.
5] The sentence You handed the test results to Joan can be made into the question To whom did you hand the test results?
6] In the sentence I brought Jane herself to the party, herself is used as a reflexive pronoun.
7] Who can be either singular or plural depending on its antecedent.
8] The indefinite pronoun everyone is singular.
9] You, they, and it are reciprocal pronouns.
10] The demonstrative pronouns this and that are misused when they are not supplied with a specific antecedent or with a specific noun to modify.
True or False:
1] The pronoun those is an interrogative pronoun used with singular nouns.
2] In the sentence, I took the books, the direct object can be replaced with an absolute possessive pronoun.
3] In the sentence I gave Ellen and Jane the card, the word Jane can be replaced with the objective pronoun her.
4] In the sentence Neither Bruce nor his parents enjoyed the concert, his parents can be replaced with the nominative pronoun they.
5] The sentence You handed the test results to Joan can be made into the question To whom did you hand the test results?
6] In the sentence I brought Jane herself to the party, herself is used as a reflexive pronoun.
7] Who can be either singular or plural depending on its antecedent.
8] The indefinite pronoun everyone is singular.
9] You, they, and it are reciprocal pronouns.
10] The demonstrative pronouns this and that are misused when they are not supplied with a specific antecedent or with a specific noun to modify.
1 Answer
Here are answers to your first four questions. Items 5 through 10 are correct as they are presented.
Explanation:
- "Those" refers to plural nouns. For example, "I want those peaches."
- In the sentence "I took the books", the direct object is "books". The word "books" can be replaced with the pronoun "them": "I took them", referring to the books.
- In the sentence, "I gave Ellen and Jane the card", the word "Jane" can be replaced with the pronoun "her": "I gave Ellen and her the card."
- In the sentence "Neither Bruce nor his parents enjoyed the concert," the term "his parents" can be replaced with the nominative pronoun "they". The new sentence would be: "Neither Bruce nor they enjoyed the concert."
