Question

exercise 4 identifying pronouns and their antecedents
underline the pronouns in the paragraph below. then double underline the antecedent of each pronoun.
ex. louis braille dedicated his life to helping people with visual impairments.
1 the son of a saddlemaker, louis braille blinded himself in an accident at the age of three. 2 at the time, the accident seemed tragic, yet it set in motion an extraordinary life and career. 3 braille went to paris to attend a school that taught visually impaired people to read using raised letters. 4 however, this was a very

Explanation:

In sentence [1], "himself" is a pronoun and its antecedent is "Louis Braille". In sentence [2], "it" is a pronoun and its antecedent is "the accident". In sentence [4], "this" is a pronoun and its antecedent is the method of teaching visually - impaired people to read using raised letters.

Answer:

[1] The son of a saddlemaker, Louis Braille blinded $\underline{\text{himself}}$ in an accident at the age of three.
[2] At the time, the accident seemed tragic, yet $\underline{\text{it}}$ set in motion an extraordinary life and career.
[4] However, $\underline{\text{this}}$ was a very