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A Pronoun is
A word used to stand for or take the place of a noun Example: She is going shopping.
She is the pronoun because it takes the place of

a person (e.g. Nicole, Haley, Jenna)

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A Antecedent is
A noun to which the pronoun refers to. It usually goes before the noun.
Ante = before Antecedents must agree with its pronoun in

order

Example: Kids love summer because they dont have to go to school.

Kids is the antecedent because They is the pronoun that refers to the noun kids

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Pronoun Antecedent Agreement

Replacing a noun with a pronoun keeps away from over repeating the noun
Example:

When Abby went shopping, Abby bought a shirt. When Abby went shopping, she bought a shirt.

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An antecedent is what we call the noun before the pronoun. A pronoun replaces a noun. Antecedents and pronouns must agree

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Examples
Hannah wore Hannahs dress. Hannah wore her dress. Matt ate Matt food. Matt ate his food. Sarah and Kate did Sarah and Kates homework. Sarah and Kate did their homework.

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Indefinite Pronouns as Antecedents Usually the following pronoun antecedents take singular pronoun referents
Each, either, neither, one, no one, nobody, nothing, anyone, anybody, anything, someone, somebody, something, everyone, everybody, everything
Example:

Everyone of the students does his or her homework.

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Plural infinite pronoun antecedents require plural referents.

Such as:

Both, several, few, many

Examples:

Many students do their homework. Both of the dogs chew their bones.

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Can be singular or plural Some, any, none, all, most

How do you know when to use plural or singular??

When the object of the preposition is uncountable use singular, when the object is countable use plural.
Singular:

Some of the sugar fell out of its bag.

Plural:

Some of the marbles fell out of their bag.

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Compound Subjects

When subjects are joined use a plural pronoun referent

Kelly and Kate made their presentation.

Sarah and John ate their ice cream.

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Rules
Singular Titles of single entities (books, organization, countries, etc.) The number of Every or many a before a noun series Plural subject with a singular meaning (news, physics, etc.) Plural A number of

Can be Either Collective Nouns

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Titles of Single Entities

The Avengers made ___ characters seem real.
theirs b) Her/his c) their d) Its
a)

Answer: D

Every or Many a
Every dog, horse, and cow had save its life by escaping the fire.
a) b) c) d) theirs Her/his their Its
Answer: D
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Collective Nouns (group, jury, crowd, team, etc.) can be singular or plural depending on the meaning.
The jury read ____ verdict.
a) b) c) d)

its his their theirs

The jury members gave ________ individual opinions.

a) b) c) d)

its his their theirs

Answers: A, C
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