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🎯 Pronoun Reference – Quiz 11
1. Which sentence has a vague pronoun error?.
A) Eli is always thinking about computers; it seems to be his only interest.
B) Every Sunday, my mother spends her entire afternoon ironing clothes.
C) All of the clowns in the circus are asking for a raise next season.
D) The loggers chopped down every tree with their machines _____ except for one ash.
2. Which sentence is INCORRECT?.
A) Trina's eyes filled with tears of joy when she received a box of chocolate from her boyfriend.
B) Trina cried when she received a box of chocolate from her boyfriend.
C) Trina's eyes filled with tears of joy when Trina received a box of chocolate from her boyfriend.
D) None of above.
3. The furnishings are noticeably different from their modern counterparts.
A) Furnishings .
B) Noticeably.
C) Different.
D) None of above.
4. When sea animals see plastic, IT can end up in THEIR stomachs.
A) THEIR refers to plastic.
B) IT refers to animals.
C) IT refers to plastic.
5. What is a pronoun?.
A) A word that takes the place of verbs.
B) A word that takes the place of adjectives.
C) A word that takes the place of a noun.
D) A word that takes the place of adverbs.
6. The word "minute" in paragraph 2 could be best replaced by.
A) Timely.
B) Light.
C) Tiny.
D) Soft.
7. Choose the correct replacement:Mr. Jones doesn't seem to care if students cheat, and this really bothers me.
A) And this indifference really bothers me.
B) And it really bothers me.
C) But it's bothering me.
D) Which bothers me.
8. Select the sentence with the most clarity.
A) My aunt called my sister to discuss the theme for my aunt's birthday party.
B) Whenever our pet duck is near our old truck, it runs around honking.
9. I once had to get out of a shower in Oxford and go downstairs to ask the hotel receptionist how to turn _____ off.
A) It.
B) They.
C) Them.
D) This.
10. What does " you" in line 15 of paragraph 4 refer to?.
A) Philip.
B) Andrew.
C) Andrew's sister.
D) Philip's sister.
11. What question does the adverb clause answer?We're moving to Abilene if we sell our house.
A) Why.
B) Compare/contrast.
C) Under (on) what condition.
D) How.
12. The word "They" in paragraph 3 refers to.
A) Coralline structures.
B) Upward and outward directions.
C) Skeletal remnant.
D) External force of nature.
13. My pencilcase and my notebook were so heavy that my friends asked me if they could helped me with them. In the end, I just packed them."Them" refers to:.
A) My pencilcase and my notebook.
B) My friends.
C) My backpack.
D) My notebook.
14. Which sentence has a vague pronoun error?.
A) Armand visited George after his graduation ceremony had ended.
B) The puppet show performed by Henry was undoubtedly his best creation yet.
C) The dog ate all the food in its bowl and all the food in the kitty's bowl too.
D) My dad spent the entire afternoon raking up all the leaves in our front and backyard.
15. Pronouns help to tie a text together by their referring back to something, but if the reference point is unclear, it can make the text easy to read.
A) True.
B) False.
16. We do not know _____ created all the ancient maps that have been discovered.
A) Whom.
B) Who.
17. Find the pronoun in the sentence:The boy went to his favorite class.
A) His.
B) To.
C) Class.
D) The.
18. Choose the correct pronoun to be used:2. The teacher told _____ to clean our classroom.
A) Our.
B) Ours.
C) Us.
D) We.
19. Don't judge a person by what he wears.
A) Object of preposition.
B) Gerund.
20. Which word is the pronoun in the following sentence? They went to the movies together.
A) Movies.
B) Went.
C) Together.
D) They.
21. What is the antecedent of the following word:Mario.
A) Them or their.
B) He or him.
C) She or her.
D) Answer 4.
22. Watch the mother deer. Can you photograph _____ ?.
A) It.
B) Her.
C) Him.
D) Them.
23. Each of the girls took _____ gear with _____ Choose the correct pairing of verb and/or pronoun to fill the blanks in this sentence.
A) Her, her.
B) Their, them.
24. Identify the complete adjective clause.The trunk was full of junk no one would ever use.
A) Would ever use.
B) Full of junk that no one would ever use.
C) Junk that no one would ever use.
D) No one would ever use.
25. Some students did not pass the difficult physics exam; this led to lower grades.
A) Not passing physics exams .
B) Some students.
C) Physics exams.
D) None of above.