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Pronouns and Antecedents
With Cowboys...

Reading Level 2

Part One | Pronouns 

Directions: Read each of the following sentences and determine which word is a pronoun based on your options. Circle your answer.

1. 	Buck Blindside lost his cowboy boots in the treacherous mud pits.	

a)	Buck Blindside	b)	in	
c)	his	d)	cowboy	

2. 	Duke Longarm and Drew Quickdraw met on the dusty street in front of the clock tower for their duel.	

a)	their	b)	Duke Longarm and Drew Quickdraw	
c)	in front of	d)	street	

3. 	Sally Sidearm was the one who stuck up Reverend Long on the way to the chapel.	

a)	was	b)	who	
c)	stuck up	d)	Sally Sidearm	

4. 	Sally Sidearm tried to spit into the spittoon but it landed on Deputy Dan's boot.	

a)	Sally Sidearm	b)	spit	
c)	into	d)	it	

5. 	As Sheriff Pete crept for his pistol, Rootin' Tootin' Rob pointed his gun at him and said, "You don't want to make that mistake, Sheriff."	

a)	Rootin' Tootin' Rob	b)	You	
c)	drew	d)	don't	

6. 	Deputy Dan nodded to the key ring on the table and asked Reverend Long, "Can you hand me that?"	

a)	Deputy Dan	b)	and	
c)	the	d)	that	

7. 	Buck Blindside used to be a lone wolf until he and Rootin' Tootin' Rob formed the Tornado Boys.	

a)	wolf	b)	lone wolf	
c)	he	d)	until	

8. 	Granny Annie felt that she couldn't catch a ball with a mitt yet alone a wild criminal like Rootin' Tootin' Rob.	

a)	she	b)	mitt	
c)	catch	d)	Granny Annie	

9. 	Chief Bearpaw watched the wild horses as they ran through the golden wheat fields.	

a)	fields	b)	they	
c)	through	d)	horses	

10. 	"Fill up this here bag for me," said Rootin' Tootin' Rob to the frightened bank teller.	

a)	me	b)	Rootin' Tootin' Rob	
c)	bank teller	d)	to	

11. 	Deputy Dan saw the wild horses running through the fields and wanted to own one.	

a)	horses	b)	own	
c)	Deputy Dan	d)	one	

12. 	"This is ours now," said Buck Blindside as he snatched a pink purse from an old woman during the train car robbery.	

a)	Buck Blindside	b)	from	
c)	ours	d)	purse	

13. 	"Drop your guns now," bellowed a squinting Sheriff Pete to the Tornado Boys.	

a)	now	b)	your	
c)	guns	d)	Sheriff Pete	

Part Two | Antecedents 

Directions: Read each of the following sentences and determine which word is an antecedent. Circle your answer.

14. 	Chief Bearpaw prayed by himself at Spirit Cliff and looked over the tribe's lands.	

a)	Chief Bearpaw	b)	Spirit Cliff	
c)	prayed	d)	tribe's lands	

15. 	Sally Sidearm spun her pistol around on her finger before putting it back in her holster.	

a)	her	b)	Sally Sidearm	
c)	spun	d)	pistol	

16. 	Rootin' Tootin' Rob thought that he forgot his gun in his other cowboy pants but he found it in time for the shootout.	

a)	time	b)	forgot	
c)	shootout	d)	gun	

17. 	Drew Quickdraw went to the hoedown but was disappointed to find that no one was there.	

a)	Drew Quickdraw	b)	went	
c)	hoedown	d)	to	

18. 	Sheriff Pete and Deputy Dan were worried that they would be late to the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.	

a)	gunfight	b)	late	
c)	to	d)	Sheriff Pete and Deputy Dan	

19. 	Duke Longarm caught a no-good rustler trying to steal his horse from in front of the saloon so he shot him full of holes.	

a)	rustler	b)	holes	
c)	horse	d)	saloon	

20. 	Sheriff Pete and Deputy Dan rode to the bakery at dusk but it was already closed.	

a)	Sheriff Pete and Deputy Dan	b)	bakery	
c)	closed	d)	dusk	

21. 	Chief Bearpaw warned the cowboys that Cactus Valley would not be a safe place for them if the treaty were not honored.	

a)	Chief Bearpaw	b)	place	
c)	cowboys	d)	Cactus Valley	

22. 	Rootin' Tootin' Rob stormed into the courthouse and shot it up with that scoundrel Buck Blindside.	

a)	Rootin' Tootin' Rob	b)	Buck Blindside	
c)	stormed	d)	courthouse	

23. 	Sheriff Pete was going to see Rootin' Tootin' Rob hang by his skinny neck from the tallest tree in Tennessee.	

a)	Rootin' Tootin' Rob	b)	Sheriff Pete	
c)	crimes	d)	hang	

24. 	The roguish Sally Sidearm prefers to rob banks by herself.	

a)	banks	b)	herself	
c)	rob	d)	Sally Sidearm	

25. 	"Rootin' Tootin' Rob was the one who wanted to shoot up the courthouse," said Buck Blindside while under the gun of Sheriff Pete.	

a)	Buck Blindside	b)	Rootin' Tootin' Rob	
c)	court	d)	Sheriff Pete	

26. 	Duke Longarm thought that Rootin' Tootin' Rob had stolen the crown jewels from the bank but Sally Sidearm had them.	

a)	Rootin' Tootin' Rob	b)	Duke Longarm	
c)	Sally Sidearm	d)	crown jewels	

27. 	Deputy Dan had the drop on Sally Sidearm but she got away anyway.	

a)	Sally Sidearm	b)	Deputy Dan	
c)	drop	d)	away	

28. 	Chief Bearpaw had the distinct honor of wearing a headdress with eagle feathers in it.	

a)	Chief Bearpaw	b)	feathers	
c)	headdress	d)	eagle	

29. 	Sally Sidearm stared longingly at the new rifles in the store window and exclaimed, "Golly gee, I want one of those!"	

a)	window	b)	rifles	
c)	Golly gee	d)	stared	

30. 	Deputy Dan saw the prairie dogs poking their heads out of the hills and wondered if he could hit one.	

a)	hills	b)	if	
c)	prairie dogs	d)	wondered