Using Pronouns Correctly

Question 1

Which sentence contains a pronoun shift error?

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If you want to join the chorus, they have to audition.

Question 2

Read the sentence.The band members came to the hospital to visit a sick fan.

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themselves

Question 3

The reciprocal pronouns each other and one another are used when two or more subjects in a sentence are also

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objects.

Question 4

Read the sentence.We decided to audition for the television show.

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We decided to audition for the television show ourselves.

Question 5

To avoid vague pronouns and pronoun shifts, the writer should make sure that all pronouns

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match their antecedents.

Question 6

Read the sentence.Nikita would like to know which car belongs to Yosef and Taiga.

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Nikita would like to know which car is theirs.

Question 7

definiteobjectivepossessivevague

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vague

Question 8

Read the sentence.They asked about the bike, and I told them it was mine.

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mine

Question 9

Which sentence uses a reciprocal pronoun correctly?

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Giovanna and Saleem peer edit each other’s stories.

Question 10

A writer should use a reciprocal pronoun when

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two or more subjects of the sentence are also objects.

Using Pronouns Correctly Answers