AnswersGA-Literature and Composition III APronoun Agreement and Reference

Pronoun Agreement and Reference Answers

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Which sentence has a pronoun usage error?

A
Thomas was supposed to pick me up, but he’s late.
B
She drove herself to the performance, but left early.
C
The judges showed their scoresheets to the contestants.
D
The audience left its seats after curtain call.
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Read the sentence. At the performance tonight, I am going to perform a jazz piece that I choreographed ______! Which best fits in the blank?

A
themselves
B
ourselves
C
myself
D
herself
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Read the sentence. I was so proud of ______ when I ran a mile in under six minutes. Which best fits in the blank?

A
itself
B
yourself
C
myself
D
herself
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According to the rules of subject-verb agreement, phrases or clauses between the subject and the verb do not change the

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Read the paragraph.[1] Alejandro’s guidance counselor is helping him plan his schedule for next year. [2] She suggests that he take AP Chemistry and AP French to improve his chances of getting into college. [3] Neither he nor his parents think he’ll have time to do the work for both courses. [4] Each of the teachers teach in a different way.Which sentence has an indefinite-pronoun verb agreement error?

A
sentence 1
B
sentence 2
C
sentence 3
D
sentence 4
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Read the sentence. Allie considered it carefully, and ______ decided to train for the marathon herself.Which type of pronoun would best complete the sentence?

A
objective
B
subjective
C
intensive
D
reflexive
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Read these excerpts.Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address."It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us – that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion – that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain – that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom – and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from this earth.Whit

N
Neither the speech nor poem rely on the use of ethos.
B
Both the speech and poem are equal when it comes to the use of ethos.
T
The poem relies more on ethos than the speech does.
T
The speech relies more on ethos than the poem does.
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Read the excerpt from "Duty.”What can I do but this? Let himtell it again and again as ifit’s always been only us,and that, when it mattered,he was the one who saved me.Duty from Monument by Natasha Trethewey. Copyright (c) 2018 by Natasha Trethewey. Used by permission of HarperCollins Publishers

t
the experience of freedom
t
the importance of memory
t
the power of guilt
t
the nature of power
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Read the excerpt from "Duty.”When he tells the story nowhe’s at the center of it,everyone else in the housefalling into the backdrop—my mother, grandmother,an uncle, all dead now—propsin our story: father and daughtercaught in memory’s half-light.Duty from Monument by Natasha Trethewey. Copyright (c) 2018 by Natasha Trethewey. Used by permission of HarperCollins Publishers

P
People remember events so that it suits them in their minds.
I
Important relationships are at the center of most memories.
E
Every effort is often made to remember events accurately.
P
People use memories to protect themselves from pain.
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Read the paragraph.[1] This year, the Linden High School debate team is bigger than ever. [2] Neither the students nor the faculty advisors have much experience, but it’s a smart, capable, argumentative group! [3] As a team, we’ve tried to make a schedule that allows her to study, prepare, and scrimmage. [4] Only one of us is able to practice on Thursdays or Fridays, which can be inconvenient. [5] Even so, we feel prepared and excited for this year’s tournaments. [6] Our first debate is on October 10th, and each of us are looking forward to it.Select the combination of sentences which contain grammar errors:

A
sentence 2 and sentence 3
B
sentence 3 and sentence 6
C
sentence 4 and sentence 5
D
sentence 1 and sentence 6
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How are the themes of “We Wear the Mask” and "A Man Said to the Universe" similar?

B
Both show how humans can be helpless in the face of external forces.
B
Both state that large, powerful forces such as society are illusions.
B
Both illustrate the environment’s indifference to humankind.
B
Both demonstrate why people must hide their suffering in order to survive.
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Timothy walk to school everyday, and he lives four miles away.

w
walks
w
walked
w
walking
w
would walk
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Read the excerpt from "Gate A-4” by Naomi Shihab Nye.And I looked around that gate of late and weary ones and I thought, This is the world I want to live in. The shared world. Not a single person in that gate—once the crying of confusion stopped—seemed apprehensive about any other person. They took the cookies. I wanted to hug all those other women, too.(Naomi Shihab Nye, "Gate A-4" from Honeybee. Copyright © 2008 by Naomi Shihab Nye. Reprinted with permission. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED)

w
word positions
c
center justification
c
capital letters
s
short lines
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best

B
Being a ship captain is an important leadership position that takes dedication and hard work, much like being the president.
B
Being a ship captain is an adventurous job that allows you to spend a lot of time out at sea, much like being the president.
A
A ship captain’s job is much harder than being the president during a time of war.
B
Being the president is much harder than being a ship captain who just sails around in a ship.
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The team raises most of their money at the bake sale.

p
pronoun-antecedent voice agreement error.
p
pronoun-antecedent number agreement error.
p
pronoun-antecedent gender agreement error.
p
pronoun-antecedent subject agreement error.
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Read the sentence. _________ wanted to do my homework alone. Which best fits in the blank?

A
I
B
We
C
She
D
They
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Read the paragraph.[1] Our house was once a stop on the Underground Railroad. [2] It was common for an enslaved person to stop there on their way to the North. [3] The Underground Railroad were a network of hiding places. [4] The cellar beneath our house has a secret door that was installed to trick enslavers.Which sentence has a subject-verb agreement error?

A
sentence 1
B
sentence 2
C
sentence 3
D
sentence 4
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In "Sympathy," why does Dunbar repeat the phrase “I know” throughout the poem?

t
to emphasize his own desire to be free like a bird
t
to emphasize his understanding of the harsh effects of racism on individuals
t
to illustrate that he understands the bird’s loneliness
t
to highlight the way that long-term physical imprisonment affects individuals
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Read the paragraph.[1] Alejandro’s guidance counselor is helping him plan his schedule for next year. [2] She suggests that he take AP Chemistry and AP French to improve his chances of getting into college. [3] Neither he nor his parents thinks he’ll have time to do the work for both courses. [4] Alejandro plans to wait until the week before school starts to decide.Which sentence has a subject-verb agreement error?

A
sentence 1
B
sentence 2
C
sentence 3
D
sentence 4
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Read the sentences.Horses from the ranches gallops in the nearby fields. The horses often chase rabbits, squirrels, or possum.Which is the best way to fix the subject-verb agreement error in these sentences?

A
Change “horses” to “horse”
B
Change “chase” to “chases”
C
Change “ranches” to “ranch”
D
Change “gallops” to “gallop”

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