Unit 4, Pronouns 117Copyright © by Glencoe/McGraw-Hill
Grammarposs.- The spelling bee participants carefully studied their long word lists.
ind. - Somebody forgot to turn off the light.
pers. - Although the girl is often sick, she is always cheerful.
poss. - Allison said the idea for the project was hers.
ind. - Is anyone responsible for taking attendance today?
poss. - Rayna pulled her desk closer to Judy’s.
ind. poss. - Few knew of her change in plans.
poss. poss. - For their birthday, Sabra gave her twin daughters matching sweaters.
pers. pers. ind. poss. poss. - We will tell you several of our objections to their program.
ind. pers. pers. - Neither of us had heard of him before.
Exercise 3 Draw a line under the simple subject of the sentence. Draw two lines under
the simple predicate.
Shecalled me at six o’clock this morning. - In three giant leaps, the catcrossed the busy highway.
- Iread that story, too!
- Emilysang in the chorus.
- The bicycle chainrattled against the wheel.
- The buseschugged noisily through the school parking lot.
- Sallyand hetold us that silly joke again.
- Henrypainted a watercolor portrait of Camilla.
- Theylaughed through the entire play.
- This old moviemakes my sister cry.
- Have Aliand youwritten the postcards yet?
- Welaughed at the clowns.
- The homeworkis still not done.
- Will itnever rain?
- Kevinand the varsity teamplayed really hard.