Exercise: Identifying appropriate pronouns

EXERCISE 41.2

Identify the appropriate pronoun from the pair in parentheses in each of the following sentences.

Click Submit after each question to record your answer. If your instructor has assigned this exercise set, you must answer every question before your answers will be submitted to the gradebook.

Example:

The possibility of (their / them) succeeding never occurred to me.

Answer: their

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    Max has had more car accidents than Gabriella, but he still insists he is a better driver than (she / her).

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    Swimming with Hank and (they / them) reminded me of summers at the lake.

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    The coach gave honorable-mention ribbons to the two who didn’t win any races—Aiden and (I / me).

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    There seemed to be no reason for (them / their) voluntarily studying on a Saturday night.

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    Tomorrow (we / us) recruits will have our first on-the-job test.