EXERCISE B1–5 Parts of speech: pronouns

EXERCISE B1-5Parts of speech: pronouns

In the box below each sentence, list the pronouns (and pronoun/adjectives) in the sentence.

Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.)

Example

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The governor’s loyalty was his most appealing trait.

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k+V5p+tRVhC6ZQpJ580/ahyJNPw=
Suggested revision: his
EXERCISE B1-5 Parts of speech: pronouns Parts of speech: pronouns - In the box below each sentence, list the pronouns (and pronoun/adjectives) in the sentence. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - The governor’s loyalty was his most appealing trait.

2 of 5

In the fall, the geese that fly south for the winter pass through our town in huge numbers.

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k+V5p+tRVhC6ZQpJ580/ahyJNPw=
Suggested revision: that, our (pronoun/adjective)
EXERCISE B1-5 Parts of speech: pronouns Parts of speech: pronouns - In the box below each sentence, list the pronouns (and pronoun/adjectives) in the sentence. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - In the fall, the geese that fly south for the winter pass through our town in huge numbers.

3 of 5

As Carl Sandburg once said, even he himself did not understand some of his poetry.

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k+V5p+tRVhC6ZQpJ580/ahyJNPw=
Suggested revision: he, himself, some, his (pronoun/adjective)
EXERCISE B1-5 Parts of speech: pronouns Parts of speech: pronouns - In the box below each sentence, list the pronouns (and pronoun/adjectives) in the sentence. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - As Carl Sandburg once said, even he himself did not understand some of his poetry.

4 of 5

I appealed my parking ticket, but you did not get one.

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k+V5p+tRVhC6ZQpJ580/ahyJNPw=
Suggested revision: I, my (pronoun/adjective), you, one
EXERCISE B1-5 Parts of speech: pronouns Parts of speech: pronouns - In the box below each sentence, list the pronouns (and pronoun/adjectives) in the sentence. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - I appealed my parking ticket, but you did not get one.

5 of 5

Angela did not mind gossip as long as no one gossiped about her.

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k+V5p+tRVhC6ZQpJ580/ahyJNPw=
Suggested revision: no one, her
EXERCISE B1-5 Parts of speech: pronouns Parts of speech: pronouns - In the box below each sentence, list the pronouns (and pronoun/adjectives) in the sentence. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - Angela did not mind gossip as long as no one gossiped about her.