Pronoun Agreement Practice

1. Read this sentence:

Young insects are often difficult to distinguish from worms, centipedes, and snails, but after one has collected some and watched that pass through the different stages and emerge with wings, one is able much more easily to identify an insect from a different class of creatures.

Which edit should be made to correct this sentence?

• A. change one has to you are

• B. change that to them

• C. change one is to he or she can

• D. change class of creatures to those bugs

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

2. Read this sentence:

Birds are able sometimes to discriminate between protectors and predators, but seldom very well I imagine; they do not view the face only, but the whole form, and our frequent changes of clothing must make it difficult for it to distinguish the individuals they know and trust from strangers.

Which edit should be made to correct this sentence?

• E. change Birds are to A bird can be

• F. change they do not to those birds do not

• G. change our to my

• H. change it to them

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

3. Read this sentence:

The Duke Blue Devils rarely lose home games when it plays in their home arena of Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina; they are often the best team in the country.

Which edit should be made to correct this sentence?

• A. change rarely lose to hardly ever loses

• B. change it plays to they play

• C. change their to its

• D. change are often to can be often

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

4. Read this sentence:

(1) The Pyramid at Giza did not always have the rough finish it has today. (2) It was constructed with an

outer layer of polished limestone that shone so brightly in the sun that the Pyramid could be seen from the mountainside in Israel. (3) About 600 years ago, however, an earthquake loosened the structure enough so that Egypt’s warring neighbors were able to steal them from the pyramid’s sides for use in their own monumental architecture. (4) Some was also taken to nearby Cairo and used to build mosques and fortresses.

Which sentence should be revised to correct a vague pronoun?

• E. sentence 1

• F. sentence 2

• G. sentence 3

• H. sentence 4

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D