Identifying Pronouns

For each sentence, choose the answer that correctly identifies the pronoun and then the noun it refers to. Answers will appear as follows: pronoun/noun. For help with this exercise, see “Pronouns.”

  1. Each night, the stars fill the skies, but in many large cities, they are impossible to see.

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    Identifying Pronouns - Question 1
  2. The huge amount of light coming from homes, businesses, and streets creates a type of pollution, and it makes seeing the stars difficult.

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    Identifying Pronouns - Question 2
  3. The average night sky has approximately 2,500 stars in it.

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    Identifying Pronouns - Question 3
  4. In many neighborhoods, however, only two hundred or three hundred stars can be spotted, whereas in a big city, only about a dozen of them can be seen.

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    Identifying Pronouns - Question 4
  5. The International Dark Sky Association focuses on reducing light pollution as its main goal and has several recommendations.

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    Identifying Pronouns - Question 5
  6. Pointing lights down toward the ground instead of allowing them to shine up toward the sky is one suggestion.

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    Identifying Pronouns - Question 6
  7. To help battle light pollution, some cities and towns have passed laws limiting what lights they will allow.

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    Identifying Pronouns - Question 7
  8. Experts have been studying light pollution and have reported that it can affect many things, including wildlife and even human health.

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    Identifying Pronouns - Question 8
  9. Migrating birds sometimes fly over brightly lit cities and, confused by the unnatural light, fly in circles until they become exhausted.

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    Identifying Pronouns - Question 9
  10. Too much light has also been shown to be harmful to humans, and studies are being done to determine just how this overexposure affects them.

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    Identifying Pronouns - Question 10