Subject Verb agreement in IndefinitePronouns

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Subject-Verb Agreement in Indefinite Pronouns

April 28, 2026

Objectives:

1. Define an indefinite pronoun.

2. Identify common indefinite pronouns.

3. Use indefinite pronouns correctly in sentences.

4. Apply correct subject-verb agreement with indefinite pronouns.

Mystery Sentence Game

Someone took my pencil.

Is anyone coming to the party?

I looked everywhere, but found nothing.

Someone

anyone

nothing

What is a pronoun?

A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun.

Indefinite Pronoun

• Indefinite pronoun stands for a person, place, or thing that is unclear or not specifically identified

• Indefinite pronouns are vague and not specific

EXAMPLES OF INDEFINITE PRONOUNS

• All

• Everyone, everything, everywhere

• No one, nothing, nowhere

• Anyone, anything, anywhere

• Someone, something, somewhere

Jenn accidentally broke her friend Timmy’s iPad and doesn’t want anyone to know! Help Jenn cover up her tracks! Change the nouns and some phrases in these sentences to indefinite pronouns!

Last night, Jenn was playing a game on Timmy’s iPad without him knowing she took it. Jenn was at Timmy's house when playing a game and Jenn got mad that she lost and threw the iPad on the ground. The screen shattered into a ton of pieces. Jenn tried to fix it and glue it back together and slipped it under the door of Timmy’s house.

Write your own sentence using 2 indefinite pronouns!

• Everyone started running from me because no one had respect for someone with hazel green eyes.

• I was bored and going to a sleepover, everyone was playing video games and then we had nothing to do.

Write your own sentence using 2 indefinite pronouns!

Luckily, all of the water in the pail.....saved.

A

was

B

has

C

were

D

have

All the cookies -------eaten.

A

was

B

were

C

has

D

have

• None of the students ------ absent.

A

was

B

has

C

were

D

have

None of the equipment that was delivered to the science lab last week ----- functioning properly after the unexpected power outage.

A

is

B

have

C

has

D

are

Most of the information I found_______ useful.

A

was

B

has

C

were

D

have

Subject-Verb Agreement in Indefinite Pronouns

When it comes to subject-verb agreement, indefinite pronouns can definitely be disagreeable and confusing.

-Some indefinite pronouns are singular. They act as singular subjects and use singular verbs. Singular indefinite pronouns are another, anybody, anyone, anything, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, neither, nobody, nothing, one, somebody, someone, and something.

-Some indefinite pronouns can be singular or plural. It depends on the noun they refer to. When the noun in a prepositional phrase following the indefinite pronoun is singular, use a singular verb. When that noun is plural, use a plural verb. These indefinite pronouns include all, any, most, none, and some.

Complete the statement with the appropriate verb form.

Everyone ___ happy.

Someone ___ knocking.

All of the cake ___ gone.

All of the cookies ___ gone.