PRONOUN REFERENCE

Directions: Read the items. Choose the correct referent for the underlined word.

Detergents clean clothes by first removing particles of dirt from the fabric, then suspending the particles until they can be washed away.

• clothes

• particles of dirt

• detergents

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

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Wooly mammoths were hunted by big cats called sabretooth tigers, which also became extinct by the end of the last Ice Age. They were also hunted by early men armed with spears and clubs.

• early men

• sabretooth tigers

• Wooly mammoths

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

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X-rays allow art historians to examine paintings internally without damaging them.

• X-rays

• historians

• paintings

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

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There is a New England influence in southern Ohio, manifesting itself in white churches and village greens.

• a New England influence

• southern Ohio

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

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An elephant is bigger than a mouse because it has trillions more cells, not because its cells are any bigger.

• an elephant's

• a mouse's

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

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The detailed information in maps is now produced almost entirely from satellite photography rather than by ground surveying because this method is faster, cheaper, and more accurate.

• ground surveying

• satellite photography

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

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After electron microscopes were invented, scientists found many new viruses. Some of them were round, some oval, and some corkscrew-shaped.

• electron microscopes

• viruses

• scientists

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

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The lives of beetles are divided into four stages, as are those of wasps, ants, and butterflies.

• lives

• stages

• insects

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

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The Wisconsin Dells is a region where the Wisconsin River cuts through soft sandstone. The strange formations that have been carved out of the rocks there are a delight to tourists. They have names such as Devil's Elbow, Grand Piano, and Fat Man's Misery.

• strange formations

• tourists

• rocks

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

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In the past, biologists considered mushrooms and other fungi as a type of non-green plant. Today, however, they are most commonly regarded as a separate kingdom of living things.

• biologists

• mushrooms and other fungi

• plants

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D