TOEFL Reading: Pronoun Referents

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.2.4D

Wooly mammoths were hunted by big cats called sabertooth 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.

• sabertooth tigers

• early men

• wooly mamooths

Tags

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

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

• x-rays

• art historians

• paintings

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2D

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.1.1B

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

Florists often refrigerate cut flowers to protect their fresh appearance.

• florists'

• flowers'

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

A flat kite needs a tail to supply drag and to keep the kite pointed toward the sky. A simple one consists of cloth strips tied end to end.

• kite

• tail

• sky

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2D

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.1.1B

A number of sculptors have rejected the abstractions of minimalist artists. These sculptors have developed a style of extreme realism involving ordinary subjects.

• extreme realists

• minimalists

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Water is an exception to many of nature's rules because of its unusual properties.

• nature's

• water's

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.2D

CCSS.L.1.1B

Compound bows are popular with bow hunters, but they are not permitted in international archery competitions.

• bow hunters

• compound bows

• archery competitions

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4D

Ropes are cords at least .15 inches in diameter and are made of three or more strands which are themselves formed of twisted yarns.

• yarns

• ropes

• strands

• cords

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1B

CCSS.L.2.1B

CCSS.L.2.4D