This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Pronoun Antecedent Agreement – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Pronoun Antecedent Agreement Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Complete the sentence:Every student must submit ..... report by Friday. A) their B) his or her C) its D) his A) His. B) His or her. C) Their. D) Its. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His or her. 2. "All of the students in the class submitted ..... homework on time." A) All of the students did their homework. B) All of the students did his homework. C) All of the students did its homework. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All of the students did their homework. 3. When he got home, the painter was met by ..... children. A) Its. B) Their. C) His. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His. 4. Both Suzi and Beth will try to see ..... parents over the weekend. A) Her. B) Their. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Their. 5. George wants to go into politics; he finds (it, them) exciting. A) It. B) Them. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It. 6. The thirsty dog lapped water from ..... bowl. A) Her. B) His. C) Its. D) It's. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Its. 7. Identify the indefinite pronoun in the following sentence:'Each of the students has completed their assignment.' A) Their. B) Assignment. C) Each. D) Students. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Each. 8. Everyone on the women's team improved ..... time. A) Their. B) His or her. C) His. D) Her. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Her. 9. Which of the following does not have correct pronoun antecedent agreement? A) The board of editors makes its reports. B) Neither the technicians nor the lab assistant was willing to change his attitude. C) The equipment and the glassware shown their age. D) Either the crystals or the powder must have lost their potency. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The equipment and the glassware shown their age. 10. If a sentence has "everyone" treated as a singular unit, which pronoun would be grammatically correct? A) They. B) His or her. C) Their. D) Hers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His or her. 11. Which of the following sentences demonstrates correct pronoun-antecedent agreement? A) B. B) D. C) A. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. 12. The painter decided to paint his own family because he saw that ..... was the most beautiful thing in the world. A) They. B) He or she. C) It. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It. 13. Choose the best personal pronoun to complete the following sentence.Nashville attracts many country music singers because of ..... rich music history. A) Our. B) His. C) Its. D) Her. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Its. 14. Jacob's groceries burst through the wet paper bag and slid onto the kitchen floor. He was able to clean ..... up easily, though, since everything was canned. A) It. B) Them. C) They. D) Their. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Them. 15. Each of the boys had ..... assignments ready. A) Them. B) His. C) Their. D) Her. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His. 16. Many restaurants in town post its' menus in the window. A) NO CHANGE. B) Their. C) It's. D) There. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Their. 17. Of the three pronouns listed, choose the one that is incorrectly used. The students and their professor sweated in the hot classroom. Each one of them wondered why they had decided to commit to summer school. A) They should be he or she. B) Their should be his. C) Each should be plural. D) No change is necessary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They should be he or she. 18. Neither Emma nor Samantha wanted to babysit for ..... neighbor on Saturday night. A) Her. B) The. C) Their. D) They're. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her. 19. Complete the sentence:The students finished ..... homework before dinner. A) his B) her C) their D) its A) Their. B) Its. C) His. D) Her. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Their. 20. Does the pronoun used in the example below the right one? "Layla finished her presentation" A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 21. Which of the following sentences is the best way to correct the agreement issue in this sentence:'Every student should remember to bring their lunch.'? A) Every student should remember to bring its lunch. B) The sentence is already correct as written for everyday conversation. C) Every student should remember to bring your lunch. D) Every student should remember to bring his or her lunch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Every student should remember to bring his or her lunch. 22. Katie and Abbie are both in ..... first year of high school. A) Her. B) Their. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Their. 23. Fill in the blank:'The jury reached ..... verdict after several hours of deliberation.' A) His. B) Their. C) Its. D) Her. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Its. 24. Each student must study if ..... wants to be successful. A) They. B) The student. C) It. D) He or she. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He or she. 25. Melanie was injured in a bicycle accident ..... broke her wrist. A) He. B) She. C) It. D) They. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She. 26. Complete the sentence with the correct pronoun.Our cat played with ..... toy contentedly. A) It's. B) It. C) Itself. D) Its. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Its. 27. Which of the following sentences follow the correct pronoun and antecedent agreement? A) Neither the pilot nor the attendants gave them opinion about the mishap. B) Neither the pilot nor the attendants gave its opinion about the mishap. C) Neither the pilot nor the attendants gave their opinion about the mishap. D) Neither the pilot nor the attendants gave his or her opinion about the mishap. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neither the pilot nor the attendants gave their opinion about the mishap. 28. Anyone who wants to participate can leave ..... name with the secretary. A) Her. B) Their. C) His or her. D) Its. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His or her. 29. What PRONOUN will complete this sentence?A boy with autism gets recipe for his favorite waffles after ..... discontinued. A) IT was. B) HE was. C) THEY were. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) THEY were. 30. When a singular subject and a plural subject are joined by OR or Nor, the verb agrees with the subject nearest the ..... A) Start of the sentence. B) Verb. C) Prepositional phrase. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb. 31. Select the pronoun that agrees with the subject to complete the sentence.Those kids have gotten ..... clothes dirty. A) Our. B) Your. C) Their. D) Them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Their. 32. Fill in the blank: ..... was very angry because the teacher put Max in detention A) Him. B) Them. C) They. D) He. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He. 33. The dog wagged ..... tail happily. A) Her. B) Its. C) His or Her. D) His. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Its. 34. Beth and Jane reported the problem to ..... supervisor A) Her. B) Their. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Their. 35. Choose the correct pronoun to complete the sentence:'The committee finished ..... report on time.' A) Her. B) Its. C) His. D) Their. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Its. 36. Jerry and Ann planned for ..... wedding anniversary celebration. A) His and her. B) Their. C) They're. D) Its. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Their. 37. Last Wednesday, the Jury made [ ..... ] final decision. A) Their. B) His or her. C) Its. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Its. 38. The students all went to the library ..... checked out new books. A) He/her. B) It. C) They. D) We. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They. 39. What is the pronoun in this sentence? The volunteers needed to reach their evacuation location. A) Evacuation. B) Volunteers. C) Their. D) Needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Their. 40. Read the sentence. Then, choose the sentence that uses the pronouns correctly.Logan and Juan met up with Tami and me as we walked to the park. A) He met up with us as we walked to the park. B) They met up with us as we walked to the park. C) Them met up with they as we walked to the park. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They met up with us as we walked to the park. 41. Conor said that ..... favorite part of break was sleeping in because he didn't have to set an alarm. A) His. B) Their. C) Our. D) Her. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His. 42. The family wanted ..... friends to see the dog. A) His or her. B) There. C) They're. D) Their. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Their. 43. Identify the sentence that correctly ignores the prepositional phrase for pronoun agreement. A) One of the girls left our backpack in the gym. B) One of the girls left their backpack in the gym. C) One of the girls left her backpack in the gym. D) One of the girls left us's backpack in the gym. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One of the girls left her backpack in the gym. 44. Complete the sentence:The teacher gave the students their assignments, and ..... started working immediately. A) They. B) She. C) It. D) He. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They. 45. Bill and Milly ran until ..... were exhausted. A) He. B) She. C) Him and her. D) They. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They. 46. In 1860, they created the Pony Express. A) Change because this is unclear who they are. B) This is fine, leave it alone. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Change because this is unclear who they are. 47. Lonnie stopped at the post office and asked that his mail be put on hold while he was on vacation. Lonnie would pick them up after he returned. A) Us. B) NO CHANGE. C) Me. D) It. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It. 48. What is the indefinite pronoun in the sentence below?One of the cars in the parking lot has its lights on. A) Cars. B) Its. C) One. D) Lights. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lights. 49. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.Neither the parents nor the teacher ..... an appointment on a weekend. A) Set. B) Sets. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sets. 50. If anybody wants tickets to the game ..... needs to call me tonight. A) We. B) They. C) I. D) She or he. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She or he. 51. Each of the students must study if ..... wants to pass the exam. A) They. B) The student. C) He or she. D) It. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He or she. 52. Several of the kittens are sick, but the veterinarian can help ..... A) It. B) They. C) Its. D) Them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Them. 53. All citizens in the United States of America need to apply for a passport before [ ..... ] travel outside of the US. A) There. B) They. C) Its. D) His or her. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They. 54. The boy or his parents will present ..... idea A) His. B) Their. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Their. 55. Imagine you don't know if the new student is a boy or a girl. Which pronoun choice is best? "The new student left ..... notebook in the cafeteria." A) Its. B) His. C) Her. D) Their. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Their. 56. '' The class submitted her assignment .Everyone was actively engaged in the lesson yesterday."The correct version of this sentence is- A) The class submitted his assignment .Everyone was actively engaged in the lesson yesterday. B) The class submitted their assignment .Everyone was actively engaged in the lesson yesterday. C) The class submitted his/her assignment .Everyone was actively engaged in the lesson yesterday. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The class submitted their assignment .Everyone was actively engaged in the lesson yesterday. 57. Juliet and Romeo knew that [ ..... ] families were worried about [ ..... }. A) Her or his, them. B) Their, them. C) Their, its. D) Her or her, her or his. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Their, them. 58. Martin has just chosen George Washington as ..... topic for his research paper. A) His. B) Their. C) Her. D) Them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His. 59. Hooray! Several of my drawings ..... displayed in the school art exhibit! A) Are. B) Is. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are. 60. Ronny did well in the game despite the struggles that Miguel and (me, I, myself) had. A) Me. B) I. C) Myself. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I. 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