Vague Pronouns and Shifts

Select the sentence that avoids a shift in pronoun usage.

• Did your state senator read the entire bill before they voted for it?
• Did your state senator read the entire bill before he voted for it?
• Did your state senator read the entire bill before he or she voted for it?

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CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

Select the sentence that avoids a shift in pronoun usage.

• Volunteers at the animal shelter must have prior experience, and he or she must not have any animal allergies.
• Volunteers at the animal shelter must have prior experience, and they must not have any animal allergies.
• Volunteers at the animal shelter must have prior experience, and you must not have any animal 

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CCSS.L.6.1C

Select the sentence that avoids a shift in pronoun usage.

• When a tailor cuts and measures the fabric, they must leave extra room for the hem.
• When a tailor cuts and measures the fabric, you must leave extra room for the hem.
• When a tailor cuts and measures the fabric, she or he must leave extra room for the hem.

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CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

Select the subject or object pronoun that correctly completes the sentence.
______dyed his hair purple for Halloween.

• Him
• He

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CCSS.L.6.1A

Select the sentence that is written correctly.

• The dog gave a wag of it's tail when it saw his owner.
• The dog gave a wag of its tail when it saw his owner. 

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CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.6

Select the sentence that is written correctly.

• Its too far to travel, so we don't go their anymore. 
• It's to far to travel, so we don't go there anymore.
• It's too far to travel, so we don't go there anymore.

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CCSS.L.6.1E

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

 Which sentence has an error in it?

• The letter was delivered to Mary and his ailing grandmother.
  
• John brought in a sculpture he had made of a hand reaching upward.
  
• The sun shone down on the cat on the window while it purred gently.
  
• The daughter was extremely unhappy when she couldn't locate her father.
  

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CCSS.L.6.1A

 Which sentence has a vague pronoun error?

• Every Sunday, my mother spends her entire afternoon ironing clothes.
  
• All of the clowns in the circus are asking for a raise next season.
  
• Eli is always thinking about computers; it seems to be his only interest.
  
• The loggers chopped down every tree with their machines--except for one ash.
  

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CCSS.L.6.1D

How would you correct the below sentence to fix the vague pronoun without changing the meaning of the sentence?

Julie told Emily to make the call on her cell phone.

• Julie handed her cell phone to Emily so that Emily could make the call.

• Julie gave Emily her cell phone.

• Emily gave her cell phone to Julia.

• Julia called Emily.

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1D

Which choice best fixes the vague pronoun issue in the sentence below without changing the sentence's meaning?

The supervisors told the workers that they would get a bonus.

• The supervisors told the workers that the workers would get a bonus.

• The supervisors told them that they would get a bonus.

• The supervisors and the workers got bonuses.

• The workers god a bonus.

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CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A