Answer:
On a snowy Saturday morning, two cars collided in our street. Their drivers were not seriously injured, but they were certainly a bit shocked. One of them had his young daughter with him, but she left the accident unscathed.
Antecedent: cars; pronoun: their
Antecedent: drivers; pronouns: they; them
Antecedent: one; pronouns: his; him
Antecedent: daughter; pronoun: she
Step-by-step explanation:
A pronoun is a word used to substitute or refer back to a noun in a sentence. Pronouns help avoid unnecessary repetition. The word they substitute or refer back to is called an antecedent.
Let's use the answer above as an example.
- On a snowy Saturday morning, two cars collided in our street. Their drivers were not seriously injured... → Notice we could have said "the cars' divers" in the sentence. However, we would be repeating the word "cars" unnecessarily, so it is better to use "their" instead.
- One of them had his young daughter with him, but she left the accident unscathed. → To avoid saying "but the daughter left", thus repeating the word "daughter", we use the pronoun "she".