Find Agreement Errors in a Club Newsletter

Use the choir sheet to teach the singular words, then assign the newsletter as an editing task. Have students mark each antecedent with an arrow before they write the correction.

Find and fix 8 pronoun agreement errors in the Hillcrest Robotics Club newsletter. Each of, neither of and a group acting as one take singular pronouns, both and nouns joined by and take plural ones, and in either/or or neither/nor the nearer noun decides. The directions on the page read: This newsletter has 8 pronouns that do not agree with their antecedents. Cross out each one and write the correct pronoun above it. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 8th grade pronouns, and it works the same at home or at school. At home, a student can work through it alone and then go over it with you, which shows quickly what is solid and what needs another look. In class it works as independent practice, homework or a warm-up, and you can print one copy or a full set.

Each is singular, so the pronoun is singular too, even though players is plural. The sentence reads each of the players brought his or her gear, or uses its for things.

The nearer noun decides. In Neither the arm nor the wheels lost their grip, wheels is nearer, so the plural their is correct.

A group acting as one takes a singular pronoun, so the club entered its robots. The newsletter sheet includes this error along with others to cross out and fix.