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Identifying Pronouns
The student will identify the personal, demonstrative, indefinite, possessive, reflexive, intensive, interrogative, and relative pronouns in a sentence.

This activity contains 25 questions.

Question 1
1 Identify the personal pronoun in the following sentence: We will be leaving for Jacksonville in the morning to visit our cousin.
 
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Question 2
2 Identify the demonstrative pronoun in the following sentence: Theresa looked at the strange vehicle and said, "What is that?"
 
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Question 3
3 Identify the indefinite pronoun in the following sentence: The street signs at this corner are confusing to everyone.
 
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Question 4
4 Identify the possessive pronoun in the following sentence: Did you know that the Joneses have been friends of ours for many years?
 
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Question 5
5 Identify the reflexive pronoun in the following sentence: Bill has always preferred tuning his car himself, but I take mine to the shop.
 
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Question 6
6 Identify the interrogative pronoun in the following sentence: Just what are you planning to do with that moose head?
 
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Question 7
7 Identify the relative pronoun in the following sentence: I had no idea that you and he were engaged.
 
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Question 8
8 Identify the personal pronoun in the following sentence: It seems that you are not very comfortable with the operation of this new computer.
 
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Question 9
9 Identify the demonstrative pronoun in the following sentence: Can you or somebody else help me with this?
 
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Question 10
10 Identify the indefinite pronoun in the following sentence: If you price your used car too high, nobody will buy it.
 
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Question 11
11 Identify the possessive pronoun in the following sentence: Are those magazines that are lying on the coffee table yours?
 
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Question 12
12 Identify the intensive pronoun in the following sentence: Many like chocolate ice cream, but I prefer vanilla myself.
 
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Question 13
13 Identify the interrogative pronoun in the following sentence: Who do you think will win this election?
 
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Question 14
14 Identify the relative pronoun in the following sentence: Our guest speaker is a man whom you all know well.
 
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Question 15
15 Identify the personal pronoun in the following sentence: Nobody really blames him for quitting that lousy job.
 
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Question 16
16 Identify the demonstrative pronoun in the following sentence: Thank you for telling me. I didn't realize that.
 
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Question 17
17 Identify the indefinite pronoun in the following sentence: I believe that each child has his or her own assigned computer.
 
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Question 18
18 Identify the possessive pronoun in the following sentence: I thought those books were Gerald's, but they are mine.
 
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Question 19
19 Identify the reflexive pronoun in the following sentence: Maria worked at that restaurant to put herself through college.
 
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Question 20
20 Identify the relative pronoun in the following sentence: Did you see who left those flowers on her desk?
 
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Question 21
21 Identify the indefinite pronoun in the following sentence: Most of the football players felt that they had been humiliated by the other team.
 
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Question 22
22 Identify the demonstrative pronoun in the following sentence: This is what you want for your new car.
 
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Question 23
23 Identify the indefinite pronoun in the following sentence: Didn't you notice that several of those antiques looked fake?
 
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Question 24
24 Identify the possessive pronoun in the following sentence: I see that Ricardo has broken your heart again.
 
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Question 25
25 Identify the relative pronoun in the following sentence: Vincent has always wanted to visit Italy, which is the birthplace of his grandparents.
 
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