Understanding Antecedents Joined by or or nor

Directions:

Underline the word that correctly completes each sentence below.

Example:

The choir gives (its, their) concert on the third Sunday in May.

  1. The fire company held (its, their) election of the officers last week.
  2. Either Jo or Marta gives (her, their) oral report today.
  3. The commission planning the redevelopment of the waterfront presents (its, their) proposal to the mayor next week.
  4. Either the cat or its kittens left (its, their) toy mouse in the middle of the living room.
  5. A group of park workers use (its, their) own cars to patrol the park at night.
  6. The U.S. Army Band presents (its, their) free concert on the lawn of the Whitman Stafford farmhouse Friday at 7:30 p.m.
  7. Neither Rebecca nor Kit will tell us how much (she, they) weighs.
  8. The jazz dance group has (its, their) rehearsal every Thursday.
  9. The afternoon kindergarten class meets (its, their) new teacher for the first time today.
  10. Either Ozzie or Brad left (his, their) gym bag in the locker room.

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