English Language: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Pronouns - Possessive, Demonstrative, Interrogative and Indefinite (Answers)
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The first thing you need to know for this quiz is what a pronoun is. A pronoun you may recall is a word that replaces one or more nouns. For example: “Terry’s house” can be reworded using a pronoun to say “Her house.”
[readmore]There are four basic kinds of pronouns and they are possessive, demonstrative, interrogative and indefinite.
A possessive pronoun is always an adjective. It is a personal pronoun that answers the question, “Which one?” Examples of possessive pronouns include:
our cat
his jacket
my mother
their teacher
A demonstrative pronoun is always an adjective and includes the words: that, this, these and those. Examples of demonstrative pronouns are:
that movie
this table
these books
those tools
An interrogative pronoun is always an adjective and includes the words: whose, what and which. The pronoun is a word that can ask a question. Examples of interrogative pronouns are:
whose keys?
what weekend?
which street?
An indefinite pronoun is always an adjective and includes words such as: each, some, few, many, another, both, all, etc. This pronoun does not define a specific number but, rather, it points to a general amount. Examples of indefinite pronouns are:
each toy
some candy
few crayons
many rocks
another reason
both answers
all states
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Depending upon what a specific pronoun is will tell you what kind of a pronoun it is. In this sentence, the word “that” is always a demonstrative pronoun. Knowing this makes it easy to see that Answer (b) is the correct type of pronoun used here
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Depending upon what a specific pronoun is will tell you what kind of a pronoun it is. In this sentence, the word “another” is included in the list of indefinite pronouns because it does not define a specific number but, rather, a general amount. Knowing this makes it easy to see that Answer (d) is the correct type of pronoun used here
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A personal pronoun answers the question “Which one?” In this sentence “his” is the personal pronoun and “which one” is his “sister.” When answering “which one” we have a possessive pronoun. As such, Answer (a) is the correct type of pronoun to describe “his”
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Depending upon what a specific pronoun is will tell you what kind of a pronoun it is. In this sentence, the word “what” is included in the list of interrogative pronouns as it asks a question. Knowing this makes it easy to see that Answer (c) is the correct type of pronoun used here
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Depending upon what a specific pronoun is will tell you what kind of a pronoun it is. In this sentence, the word “those” is included in the list of demonstrative pronouns. Knowing this makes it easy to see that Answer (b) is the correct type of pronoun used here
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A personal pronoun answers the question “Which one?” In this sentence “my” is the personal pronoun and “which one” is my “brother.” When answering “which one” we have a possessive pronoun. This tells us that Answer (a) is the correct type of pronoun to describe “my”
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Depending upon what a specific pronoun is will tell you what kind of a pronoun it is. In this sentence, the word “many” is included in the list of indefinite pronouns because it does not define a specific number but, rather, a general amount. Knowing this makes it easy to see that Answer (d) is the correct type of pronoun used here
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Depending upon what a specific pronoun is will tell you what kind of a pronoun it is. In this sentence, the word “whose” is included in the list of interrogative pronouns as it asks a question. Knowing this makes it easy to see that Answer (c) is the correct type of pronoun used here
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Whenever you have a personal pronoun it will answer the question “Which one?” In this sentence “their” is the personal pronoun and the answer to “which one” is “teacher.” When answering “which one” we have a possessive pronoun. This then tells us that Answer (a) is the correct type of pronoun to describe “their”
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Depending upon what a specific pronoun is will tell you what kind of a pronoun it is. In this sentence, the word “this” is one of the pronouns that is included in the list of demonstrative pronouns. Knowing this makes it easy to see that Answer (b) is the correct type of pronoun used here
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