Editing Pronouns in Compound Constructions

For each of the following sentences, choose the correct pronoun(s).

For help with this exercise, see chapter 26 of Real Essays 5e.

Example

  1. My friend Megan and I love soda; (she, her) and (I, me) regularly have two cans a day each.
    1. she/I
    2. she/me
    3. her/I
    4. her/me
  1. Question 1.438

    However, a TV program on dental health started making (she, her) and (I, me) rethink our soda-drinking habit.

    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.

  2. Question 1.439

    (She, Her) and (I, me) paid close attention as we watched a dentist, Dr. Jenine Summers, and her assistant, Ian, conduct an experiment.

    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.

  3. Question 1.440

    Dr. Summers asked Ian to place a tooth in a bottle of soda, and (she, her) and (he, him) observed what happened to the tooth.

    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.

  4. Question 1.441

    Megan and (I, me) watched as time-lapse photography showed how the tooth changed from day to day.

    A.
    B.

  5. Question 1.442

    The result of the experiment surprised (she, her) and (I, me).

    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.

  6. Question 1.443

    At the end of the experiment, Dr. Summers and Ian looked in the bottle of soda for the tooth, and (she, her) and (he, him) showed that it had disappeared.

    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.

  7. Question 1.444

    (They, Them) and (we, us) said “Wow” at the same time.

    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.

  8. Question 1.445

    Dr. Summers explained how acids in the soda broke down the tooth; her comments about soda’s sugar content were equally shocking to Megan and (I, me).

    A.
    B.

  9. Question 1.446

    Megan and (I, me) learned that each can of soda we drink contains about ten teaspoons of sugar, which creates even more tooth-dissolving acid and contributes to weight gain.

    A.
    B.

  10. Question 1.447

    Therefore, (we, us) and some other friends have decided to ban soda from our refrigerators.

    A.
    B.