IXL CC5 - EE1 - HH1

The pronoun in all capital letters is vague. Select all of its possible antecedents.

Bob can get a ride to the construction site with Dad or Grandpa, if HE gets here before 6 o'clock.

• Bob

• Dad

• construction site

• Grandpa

The pronoun in all capital letters is vague. Select all of its possible antecedents.

Before Julia puts fondant flowers onto wedding cakes, she sprinkles THEM with powdered sugar.

• Julia

• fondant flowers

• powdered sugar

• wedding cakes

The pronoun in all capital letters is NOT vague. Select its one clear antecedent.

Scientists have discovered that Mercury is shrinking! In the process ITS surface is wrinkling and cracking.

• scientists

• surface

• Mercury

• process

Select the action verb. If the verb is TRANSITIVE also select the direct object.

Just ten minutes of moderate exercise elevates brain activity.

• moderate : exercise

• elevates : brain activity

• just : minutes

• elevates

Select the action verb. If the verb is TRANSITIVE, also select its direct object.

Three London-based students Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez, Pierre Paslier, and Guillaume Couche, won a design award for their waste-reducing edible water bottle.

• waste-reducing : bottle

• waste-reducing : edible water bottle

• won : edible water bottle

• won : design award

Select the 2 adjectives. Don't select any articles (an, a, the).

In the spring, flocks of cranes stop to rest along the Platte River in Nebraska. The flocks combine to form the largest gathering of migrating cranes in the world.

• flocks

• largest

• spring

• migrating

Select the 2 adjectives. Don't select any articles (an, a, the).

Dogs can detect sound at a higher frequency than humans; therefore they hear high-pitched noises that we can't.

• higher

• high-pitched

• noises

• frequency