7th grade pronoun-antecedent agreement worksheets

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7th grade agreement asks for a rule as well as an arrow. When two owners are joined by or or nor, the nearer one decides: neither the players nor the coach, Mr. Vega, forgot his whistle. A group acting as one unit takes its, each of the girls takes her, and reflexive pronouns (himself, themselves) match their owner like any other pronoun.

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The kind of sentences you'll get

Circle the letter of the pronoun that matches its owner.

  1. Priya and Ethan, after measuring the plant heights every morning for a month, graphed results. her · their · his

    Answer: their

  2. Either of the sisters is willing to lend you own set of paints for the weekend. his · their · her
  3. The student council, hoping to raise money for the spring dance, has announced plan for a car wash. its · their · his

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What's on a 7th grade sheet

7th grade sheets draw from 71 sentences, 10 to a page. None of these sentences are on 6th grade sheets.

Some of the answers:

hishimselfthemselvesherselfitself

Every version prints on US Letter or A4, with its answer key on the last page.

How to teach this

Keep the arrow habit from earlier grades, and add one question for the or and nor sentences: which owner is closer to the blank? Neither Ms. Vega nor her students brought their slips, but neither the students nor Ms. Vega brought her copy. Reading the two versions side by side shows your student that the rule is about position, not about who matters more. For reflexives, have them say the owner out loud first. The twins taught themselves; Fatima taught herself.

Watch for: The pronoun matches its owner, not just the nearest noun. The one exception is or and nor, where the nearer of the two owners decides. In formal writing, a team, class, or committee acting as one unit takes its.

Common questions about 7th grade pronoun-antecedent agreement

Which owner wins when two are joined by or or nor?
The nearer one. Either Marcus or the twins will bring their cooler; either the twins or Marcus will bring his cooler. Same two owners, different order, different pronoun. The rule is the same one subject-verb agreement uses with or and nor.
Why do the answer keys never use their for each of the girls?
Because the sentence already tells you the owner is a girl, so her is the clear answer in edited writing. Singular they is for a person the sentence does not name as he or she, and it shows up in the grade 8 sheets.

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