Jeff gave his mother some flowers. They were very pretty. The pronoun and antecedent (in that order) pairs in these sentences are _____. his, Jeff; they, flowers jeff, they; flowers, his flowers, some; pretty, they his, mother; flowers, they
These are the pronouns and antecedents that are used in these sentences. A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun. On the other hand, an antecedent is the word that the pronoun refers back to. In this case, the pronoun "his" refers to Jeff, as we are referring to Jeff's mother. Moreover, the pronoun "they" refers to flowers, as the flowers were the ones that were very pretty.
