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Week Eleven Language Arts Warm Ups

Pronouns

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1. What is the word for which a pronoun stands called?

Answer: the antecedent

2.There are six different types of pronouns. Name five of them.

Answer: personal, reflexive, demonstrative, interrogative, relative, and indefinite.

3. Identify the pronoun(s) and in the following sentence as personal, reflexive, intensive, demonstrative, interrogative, relative or indefinite.
James designed the building himself.

Answer: himself - intensive

4. Identify the pronoun(s) and in the following sentence as personal, reflexive, intensive, demonstrative, interrogative, relative or indefinite.
Most of the time I feel depressed when it rains.

Answer: Most - indefinite; I - personal; it - personal

5. Identify the pronoun(s) and in the following sentence as personal, reflexive, intensive, demonstrative, interrogative, relative or indefinite.
What would happen if he forgot an important date with the woman who he was to marry?

Answer: What - interrogative; he - personal; who - relative

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