DIRECTIONS:
1. Identify the possessive or indefinite pronoun in each sentence. (14 points)
*You may only put EXACTLY one word in each box for your answer.
2. Determine if the pronoun is possessive or indefinite. (14 points)
*Select one of the options from the multiple choices listed.
Pronoun: Some of the students make no effort to pay attention.
Type: Some of the students make no effort to pay attention.
Pronoun: Everyone runs when the coach blows the whistle.
Type: Everyone runs when the coach blows the whistle.
Pronoun: Her diary was ruined when she dropped it in the mud.
Type: Her diary was ruined when she dropped it in the mud.
Pronoun: Both worry that the levy won’t pass.
Type: Both worry that the levy won’t pass.
Pronoun: Chad wants a video game like hers.
Type: Chad wants a video game like hers.
Pronoun: Are these the team's baseballs or theirs?
Type: Are these the team's baseballs or theirs?
Pronoun: Most of the students pass the tests easily.
Type: Most of the students pass the tests easily.
Pronoun: Nothing changes the people's minds.
Type: Nothing changes the people's minds.
Pronoun: My drawing won an award in the contest.
Type: My drawing won an award in the contest.
Pronoun: The keys on the table are yours.
Type: The keys on the table are yours.
Pronoun: Our favorite place to drive is in the country.
Type: Our favorite place to drive is in the country.
Pronoun: One gets goosebumps thinking about that scary movie.
Type: One gets goosebumps thinking about that scary movie.
Pronoun: The dog wagged its tail at dinnertime.
Type: The dog wagged its tail at dinnertime.
Pronoun: Someone turns off the television at bedtime.
Type: Someone turns off the television at bedtime.
DIRECTIONS:
1. Identify the reflexive or intensive pronoun in each sentence. (15 points)
*You may only put EXACTLY one word in each box for your answer.
2. Determine if the pronoun is reflexive or intensive. (15 points)
*Select one of the options from the multiple choices listed.
Pronoun: One person who made herself a career based on the sea was Rachel Carson.
Type: One person who made herself a career based on the sea was Rachel Carson.
Pronoun: Carson didn’t see the ocean for herself until after college.
Type: Carson didn’t see the ocean for herself until after college.
Pronoun: However, the sea itself fascinated Carson at a young age.
Type: However, the sea itself fascinated Carson at a young age.
Pronoun: She earned a degree for herself in marine zoology from Johns Hopkins University in 1932.
Type: She earned a degree for herself in marine zoology from Johns Hopkins University in 1932.
Pronoun: In that era, there were few jobs for scientists themselves and even fewer for women scientists.
Type: In that era, there were few jobs for scientists themselves and even fewer for women scientists.
Pronoun: Carson found work for herself as a writer for a radio show about the sea.
Type: Carson found work for herself as a writer for a radio show about the sea.
Pronoun: Later she became an aquatic biologist with the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, no small feat in itself.
Type: Later she became an aquatic biologist with the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, no small feat in itself.
Pronoun: A conflict between science and writing resolved itself when she realized she could do both.
Type: A conflict between science and writing resolved itself when she realized she could do both.
Pronoun: Her first book, Under the Sea-Wind, described struggles sea creatures find themselves facing.
Type: Her first book, Under the Sea-Wind, described struggles sea creatures find themselves facing.
Pronoun: In 1949 Carson herself was finally able to visit the deep.
Type: In 1949 Carson herself was finally able to visit the deep.
Pronoun: Carson put on a diver’s helmet and explored the reefs of the Florida Keys for herself.
Type: Carson put on a diver’s helmet and explored the reefs of the Florida Keys for herself.
Pronoun: Her later life was marked with conservation efforts that we ourselves can learn from.
Type: Her later life was marked with conservation efforts that we ourselves can learn from.
Pronoun: Another book that Rachel Carson herself wrote was called Silent Spring.
Type: Another book that Rachel Carson herself wrote was called Silent Spring.
Pronoun: Silent Spring took four and a half years to write, much longer than Carson herself had anticipated.
Type: Silent Spring took four and a half years to write, much longer than Carson herself had anticipated.
Pronoun: Carson wrote chemicals in the book and they themselves were some of the most toxic the planet had ever seen.
Type: Carson wrote chemicals in the book and they themselves were some of the most toxic the planet had ever seen.
DIRECTIONS:
1. Identify the interrogative or demonstrative pronoun in each sentence. (15 points)
*You may only put EXACTLY one word in each box for your answer.
2. Determine if the pronoun is interrogative or demonstrative. (15 points)
*Select one of the options from the multiple choices listed.
Pronoun: Who is the girl in the blue dress?
Type: Who is the girl in the blue dress?
Pronoun: Take these to the laboratory on Clifford Street.
Type: Take these to the laboratory on Clifford Street.
Pronoun: This certainly tastes delicious on top of a bed of lettuce.
Type: This certainly tastes delicious on top of a bed of lettuce.
Pronoun: Which of the names did you choose for the puppy?
Type: Which of the names did you choose for the puppy?
Pronoun: What is the name of the team in red?
Type: What is the name of the team in red?
Pronoun: Everyone wishes those would last forever.
Type: Everyone wishes those would last forever.
Pronoun: Who likes to play pinball at the arcade?
Type: Who likes to play pinball at the arcade?
Pronoun: For whom does Sheila bake cookies?
Type: For whom does Sheila bake cookies?
Pronoun: That looks like the car I used to drive.
Type: That looks like the car I used to drive.
Pronoun: These are nice shoes, but they look uncomfortable.
Type: These are nice shoes, but they look uncomfortable.
Pronoun: Which is the story about the future of the planet?
Type: Which is the story about the future of the planet?
Pronoun: Those look riper than the apples on my tree.
Type: Those look riper than the apples on my tree.
Pronoun: With whom does your brother work?
Type: With whom does your brother work?
Pronoun: To whom does Marcus send letters?
Type: To whom does Marcus send letters?
Pronoun: This was my mother’s ring.
Type: This was my mother’s ring.