Question

Revise each of the following sentences, filling in the blank with the an appropriate pronoun. Draw an arrow from the pronoun to its antecedent.

1. The students are going ___ first trip to the fire station.
2. Julie and Sara brought ___ notebooks on the trip.
3. Same remembered to bring ___ lunch money.
4. The class listened as the firefighters explained how ___ use special equipment to put out fires.
5. Each piece of equipment has ___ own special function.

My answers to these questions are the following:
1. The students are going on their first trip to the fire station.
Antecedent: students.
2. Julia and Sara brought their notebooks on the trip.
Antecedent: Julia, Sara.
3. Sam remembered to bring his lunch money.
Antecedent: Sam.
4. The class listened as the firefighters explained how they use special equipment to put out fires.
Antecedent: ?
5. Each piece of equipment has its own special function.
Antecedent: equipment.

Answer 1

1: *on

Answer 2

5. The pronoun is they. Who uses special equipment to put out fires?

The rest are right.

Answer 3

Do you mean it is the antecedent of my fourth question?

Answer 4

I'm sorry -- I made a typo. Yes, I was referring to number 4.

Answer 5

But shouldn't the antecedent of my fourth question be "firefighters?" "they" is already the pronoun.

Answer 6

Or is it "class?"

Answer 7

4. The antecedent is firefighters. The class doesn't put out fires (I hope.)