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2.15 Indefinite Pronouns

Indefinite pronouns do not refer to a specific
person, place, or thing.

Some common singular indefinite pronouns are

anybody, anyone, anything, each, either,
everybody, everyone, everything, neither, nobody,
no one, nothing, one, someone, and something.

Has anyone washed the dishes?

Do you want anything on your pizza?

Everyone helped to raise the flag.

I packed everything in the suitcase.

Neither came to the play.

Nobody is answering the telephone.

We saw nothing through the telescope.

Someone left a sweater on the chair.

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Some common plural indefinite pronouns are

both, few, many, and several.

Both ran down the street.

Few answered the question incorrectly.

Many like the new recipe.

Several were missing.

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7.14 Homonyms
Homonyms are words that sound the same but
have different meanings and spellings.

Thomas will be our guest for dinner.

Mario guessed the correct answer.

The words guest and guessed are homonyms.

Although they sound the same, they have different
meanings and spellings.

More examples:
write / right flour / flower

air / heir rode / road

pail / pale throne / thrown

hour / our sighed / side

buy / by horse / hoarse

ant / aunt flea / flee

tail / tale hear / here

its / its whose / whos

youre / your some / sum

peace / piece weather / whether

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bore / boar hare / hair

seen / scene sun / son

been / bin blue / blew

break / brake not / knot

dear / deer close / clothes

urn / earn need / kneed

lone / loan flew / flu

seas / seize grate / great

die / dye ax / acts

would / wood ball / bawl

fair / fare bare / bear

waste / waist ate / eight

wring / ring male / mail

cent / sent / scent pare / pear / pair

do / dew / due to / too / two

there / their / theyre heal / heel / hell

aisle / isle / Ill four / fore / for

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Worksheet 2.15 (Indefinite Pronouns) Name______________________________

A. Underline the indefinite pronoun in each sentence. Write S if it is singular or P if it is

plural.

1. Few were voicing their opinions. _________________

2. I put everything away. _________________

3. Many wanted to leave the party. _________________

4. Did anyone answer the door? _________________

5. Everybody wanted more dessert. _________________

6. Did you see anything? _________________

7. Someone used all of the tape. _________________

8. Everyone arrived on time. _________________

9. Neither was mine. _________________

10. Each of the pages was missing. _________________

11. Has anyone baked cupcakes for tomorrow? _________________

12. Many of my friends came to visit me. _________________

B. Write an indefinite pronoun to complete each sentence. Do not use any indefinite
pronoun more than once.

1. _________________________________________ knew the answer.

2. Has _________________________________________ seen my sweater?

3. _________________________________________ lives next door.

4. _________________________________________ went swimming yesterday.

5. I felt _________________________________________ in my hair.

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B. Circle the correct meaning of the underlined word in each sentence.

1. My family took a trip to the Grand Canyon.

stumble and fall vacation

2. Dad used a match to start the gas stove.

something you light to start a fire two things that go together

3. Did you park the car in the driveway?

a place with trees to put a car in a particular place

4. Raymond raked the leaves for five dollars.

when someone goes away parts of a tree

5. My father handed me a rose.

the past tense of "to rise" a type of flower

6. Use your ruler to find the answer to this math problem.

something used to measure a person who rules a country

Review (7.11)
C. Write three synonyms for each word listed. Use a thesaurus if necessary.
1. wet _________________ _________________ _________________
2. large _________________ _________________ _________________
3. small _________________ _________________ _________________
4. happy _________________ _________________ _________________

Review (4.2 & 6.4)

D. Diagram these sentences.
1. Many shells were scattered along a white beach. 2. The girl ran down a steep hill.

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Worksheet 7.14 (Homonyms) Name______________________________

A. Circle the correct homonym to complete each sentence.

1. We ( ate, eight ) dinner at ( ate, eight ) oclock.

2. ( Wood, Would ) you mind chopping that ( wood, would )?

3. ( Our, Hour ) airplane will land in one ( our, hour ).

4. ( Due, Dew, Do ) to the ( due, dew, do ) on the grass, I cant mow.

5. Jerry uses an ( ax, acts) when he ( ax, acts ) in the play as the woodsman.

6. My ( Ant, Aunt ) Nora screamed when an ( ant, aunt ) crawled across her foot.

7. You need to ( write, right ) a letter to your pen pal at the ( write, right ) time.

8. Dad found a ( brake, break ) in one of the ( brake, break ) pads.

9. A ( blew, blue ) flower ( blew, blue ) across our yard.

10. Min didnt pay a ( cent, sent, scent) for the gift that she ( cent, sent, scent ) to me.

11. ( There, Their, Theyre ) going to visit ( there, their, theyre ) cousins tomorrow.

12. Manuel ( rode, road ) his bicycle down the dirt ( rode, road ).

13. ( To, Too, Two, ) boys threw a ball ( to, too, two ) close ( to, too, two ) the house.

14. Raymond became ( horse, hoarse ) from yelling for his ( horse, hoarse ).

15. I should be able to ( buy, by ) that hat ( buy, by ) the time its on sale.

16. ( Its, Its ) too late to take the dog for ( its, its ) walk.

17. ( Youre, Your ) so lovely in ( youre, your ) new dress.

18. Mom bought ( four, fore, for ) cupcakes ( four, fore, for ) the children.

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B. Write your own sentences using the homonyms below.

1. there

______________________________________________________________________
2. their

______________________________________________________________________
3. theyre

______________________________________________________________________
4. to

______________________________________________________________________
5. too

______________________________________________________________________
6. two

______________________________________________________________________

Review (7.12)
C. Write two antonyms for each word listed. Use a thesaurus if necessary.

1. cheap _______________________ _______________________

2. friendly _______________________ _______________________

3. large _______________________ _______________________

4. happy _______________________ _______________________

Review (5.10)
D. Rewrite these sentences. Make them more interesting by adding adverbs to
answer the questions in parentheses.

1. The ball rolled. (how and where?)

______________________________________________________________________

2. An apple fell. (how and when?)

______________________________________________________________________

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