which sentence has correct pronoun-antecedent agreement
A. Mrs. smith was excited to teach her class.
B. the raindrops poured down, drenched the yard.
C. the brothers were getting along so well that he decided to go on a bike ride together.
D. the twins laughed so hard she cried.
A. Mrs. Smith was excited to teach her class.
The sentence that has correct pronoun-antecedent agreement is A. Mrs. Smith was excited to teach her class.
To determine which sentence has correct pronoun-antecedent agreement, we need to identify the antecedent (the noun that the pronoun refers to) and ensure that the pronoun agrees in number, gender, and person with its antecedent.
A. "Mrs. Smith was excited to teach her class."
- The antecedent is "Mrs. Smith," a singular female noun.
- The pronoun "her" agrees in number (singular) and gender (female) with its antecedent.
- This sentence has correct pronoun-antecedent agreement.
B. "The raindrops poured down, drenched the yard."
- There is no pronoun-antecedent agreement issue in this sentence because there is no pronoun in the sentence. It doesn't require an antecedent.
C. "The brothers were getting along so well that he decided to go on a bike ride together."
- The antecedent is "brothers," a plural male noun.
- The pronoun "he" suggests a singular male antecedent, which does not agree in number with its antecedent.
- This sentence does not have correct pronoun-antecedent agreement.
D. "The twins laughed so hard she cried."
- The antecedent is "twins," which refers to two individuals (plural).
- The pronoun "she" suggests a singular female antecedent, which does not agree in number with its antecedent.
- This sentence does not have correct pronoun-antecedent agreement.
Based on the pronoun-antecedent agreement, the correct sentence is A. "Mrs. Smith was excited to teach her class."