Making Pronouns Agree with Collective Nouns

For each of the following sentences, choose the correct pronoun to fill in the blank.

For help with this exercise, see Chapter 20.

example

A company on the Internet will let people search _______________ database for information about their ancestors.

a. its

b. their

  1. Question

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    Making Pronouns Agree with Collective Nouns - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct pronoun to fill in the blank.: My mother’s family has had _______________ history recorded in several different books because her ancestors were slaves on one of the wealthiest plantations in Mississippi.
  2. Question

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    Making Pronouns Agree with Collective Nouns - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct pronoun to fill in the blank.: Our local historical society asked if _______________ could have permission to research and write about our family.
  3. Question

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    Making Pronouns Agree with Collective Nouns - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct pronoun to fill in the blank.: The college in the town where my great-grandfather was born holds much information about my family in _______________ library.
  4. Question

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    Making Pronouns Agree with Collective Nouns - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct pronoun to fill in the blank.: The government of Mississippi kept records of all of _______________ citizens and their property.
  5. Question

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    Making Pronouns Agree with Collective Nouns - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct pronoun to fill in the blank.: Because slaves were considered property, the group of authors and researchers from the historical society was able to find the information _______________ needed in those records.
  6. Question

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    Making Pronouns Agree with Collective Nouns - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct pronoun to fill in the blank.: A committee that helps retrieve historical information about slaves offered _______________ assistance to the authors in gathering data.
  7. Question

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    Making Pronouns Agree with Collective Nouns - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct pronoun to fill in the blank.: When the books were published, the publishing company asked if _______________ could host a meeting with the authors to lecture about their findings.
  8. Question

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    Making Pronouns Agree with Collective Nouns - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct pronoun to fill in the blank.: When we got to the meeting, the audience was enormous and had lined _______________ up outside the meeting hall waiting to get in.
  9. Question

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    Making Pronouns Agree with Collective Nouns - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct pronoun to fill in the blank.: A team of journalists waited _______________ turn to take pictures of our family.
  10. Question

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    Making Pronouns Agree with Collective Nouns - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct pronoun to fill in the blank.: The crowd got to hear what _______________ had come for—my mother’s moving speech about her family and the authors’ recounting of what they found about her forebears.