Pronoun Reference Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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🧠 Pronoun Reference – Quiz 2
1. Identify the complete adverb clause.We're moving to Abilene if we sell our house.
A) If we sell our house.
B) If we sell.
C) Abilene if we sell our house.
D) We're moving.
E) Our house.
2. I hate driving my brother's truck because it always breaks down when you are in the middle of a busy intersection.
A) Should you change you are to I am?.
B) Or should you change you are to we are?.
C) Or is the sentence free of pronoun reference errors?.
D) None of above.
3. In the sentence:"Lois, Mark, and I would like for you to come with us." What is the pronoun and its antecedent?.
A) Lois, Mark, and I;us.
B) Lois, Mark and I.
C) You and us.
D) Would and like.
4. In Quebec, they speak French.
A) You.
B) My dad.
C) Readers.
D) People.
5. Fran always liked walking home because (you, she) saved money on bus fare.
A) You.
B) She.
6. Trees clean OUR air and protect US from the sun.
A) OUR refers to people's air.
B) OUR refers to trees.
C) US refers to our sun.
7. Both the boys and the girls _____ busy working on _____ assignments. Choose the correct pairing of verb and/or pronoun to fill the blanks in this sentence.
A) Were, his or her.
B) Were, their.
8. Identify the clause in this sentence.Mr. Wendt, who lives next door, is a generous man.
A) Adjective clause .
B) Noun clause.
C) Adverb clause.
D) None of above.
9. Choose the correct sentence:.
A) Michelle is proud to drive a Mustang because of its sportily built body and superb performance.
B) Michelle is proud to drive a Mustang because of their sportily built bodies and superb performance.
C) Michelle is proud to drive a Mustang because of their sportily built body and superb performance.
D) None of above.
10. None of the books are in (its, their) proper position on the shelves.
A) Their.
B) Its.
11. Choose the best pronoun to complete the sentence. Both Courtney and Natalie wore _____ fuzzy socks every day.
A) Their.
B) Hers.
C) There.
D) Her.
12. The word "them" in paragraph 3 refers to.
A) Skeletal structures.
B) Sea animals.
C) Sponges and clams.
D) Many openings.
13. The children can decorate the Christmas tree by _____ .
A) Ourselves.
B) Themselves.
C) Herself.
D) Himself.
14. They have had _____ homework in Academic English subject recently.
A) Little.
B) Lots of.
C) A lot.
D) Much.
15. What is it called when it occurs when a pronoun could refer to more than one possible antecedent?.
A) Vague pronoun.
B) Noun.
C) Pronouns.
D) Vague pronoun reference.
16. The students study _____ .
A) We.
B) Them.
C) Us.
D) They.
17. Where is _____ stethoscope? Have you seen it?.
A) Me.
B) Myself.
C) Mine.
D) My.
18. Mrs. Redding, _____ lend me two hundred dollars till next week, please? (Polite request).
A) Could you.
B) Do you mind.
C) Can't you.
D) Would you mind.
19. A flat kite needs a tail to supply drag and to keep the kite pointed toward the sky. A simple one consists of cloth strips tied end to end.
A) Tail.
B) Kite.
C) Sky.
D) None of above.
20. The phrase "once-living" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to.
A) Growing.
B) Solitary.
C) Dead.
D) Aging.
21. After buying the water, Hamza drank about half of it.
A) Incorrect / confusing.
B) Correct / Clear.
22. All of my brothers earned (his, their) degrees from the University of Delaware.
A) Their.
B) His.
23. In the sentence:"Do you know if Marie invited Leslie to her party?" What is the pronoun and its antecedent?.
A) Marie and her.
B) Marie and Leslie.
C) Her and party.
D) Do and know.
24. Choose the correct pronoun for the antecedent in the following sentence. Then Mr. Garcia turned on the hose and drank water from _____ .
A) It.
B) That.
C) The hose.
D) Him.
25. The cat cleans _____ with its tongue.
A) Itself.
B) Myself.
C) Themselves.
D) Yourself.