Subject-Verb and Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement Worksheets

Related ELA Standard: L.3.1.F

Core Standard
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In order for a sentence to be grammatically correct the subject and verb must agree in the case of number and quantity. This means if one is plural, they must both be plural. Vice versa, if one is singular, they must all be singular. Likewise, pronouns must agree in number with the antecedents of the sentence. A pronoun takes the place of a noun and often makes it more descriptive, such as identifying a gender. The antecedents usually appear before the pronoun. These worksheets will help students make sure they can swing the agreements in sentences. The goal here is to make sure that you first understand the mechanics behind this and then you apply it to your own writing. The goal is to find a parallel with the subject-verb and the pronoun-antecedents. This is a vital component of well written pieces.

Subject-Verb and Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement Worksheets:

Moody Acorns - Which acorn has the proper pronoun usage? Color the appropriate acorn if the sentence is correct or incorrect.

Visiting the Desert - Use the correct pronoun from the word bank to replace the underlined word.

Moving Day - We use the word bank in this one to solve it. Please note that some of the pronouns may be used more than once.

Going out to Eat! - This works on full sentence rewrites. You will only rewrite the portion that is underlined.

School House - Work on the use of some of the most common pronouns (he, her, she, his, their, it, we).

Sports World - Circle the correct pronoun for the underline word. You will choose between two of them.

Shiny Balloons - Color the balloons that have correct sentences. Remember we are looking for agreements.

Explore the Aquarium - Color lightly the correct verb for the subject. Each letter will form the answer to the question.

Birthday Party - Circle the correct verb and complete the sentence.

Grocery Shopping - Circle the correct verb that agrees with the subject for each exercise.

The Pet Shop - See if you can get the sentences to agree for you.

Underwater Life - Use the correct word from the word bank to complete the sentence. There are only eight for you to work on here.

Thanksgiving - Take your time to make all of these themed sentences create a sense of being.

Winter Vacation - These are some really chilling sentences, pun intended. The subject is already underlined for you to make it easier.

Visiting the Zoo - Help make sense of the scenes at the zoo. Sorry, no underlining here for you.

How to Check a Sentence for Subject-Verb and Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement?


Subject: A subject is a person, animal or thing that is being discussed in a sentence. Usually it is a noun.


Verb: a word used for an action or state is verb.


HOW TO CHECK A SENTENCE FOR SUBJECT-VERB?


When we make a sentence, we make sure that the components of the sentence relate to each other. The verb in a sentence must agree with the subject that means if the subject is in singular number, the verb and helping verb should also be singular while for the plural subject, plural verb shall be used.


For example: Sam and John are playing in the ground. Sam and John is a plural subject, "are" is used here for plural verbs. If you get confused about the correct verb you can simply replace your noun with the pronoun and see if it looks correct. They are playing in the ground is the correct sentence. While if we say "they is playing in the ground", it automatically seems incorrect to you.


These verbs are used as following:


Helping verb Usage Tense
is Singular, name, he, she, it, this, that Present
I Singular, am Present
are Plural, they, we, you, their Present
was Singular, he, she, it Past
were Plural, they, we, you Past


HOW TO CHECK A SENTENCE FOR PRONOUN-ANTECEDENT AGREEMENT?


Pronoun: Pronoun is the word used in place of noun.

Antecedent: Antecedents are the words that a pronoun is used for.


For example:
Zara takes care of her dog.
Here Zara is antecedent and "her" is a pronoun used for Zara.

When we make a sentence, we should use the pronoun in accordance with the number of antecedents. If the antecedent is singular, we should use a singular pronoun and a plural pronoun for a plural antecedent.


For example:
Josh gave me his ball.
"Josh" is an antecedent which is singular so we use "his" for that. If we say "Sam gave me their ball. This wouldn't prove that "their" refers to Sam because "their" is plural and our antecedent is singular.

Antecedent Pronoun
Singular boy his, him
Singular girl her
Plural They, their


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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