Identifying Vague Pronouns

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English
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6th Grade
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Hard
+2
Standards-aligned
Sarah Williams
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25 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is a vague pronoun?
A blurry image
A pronoun that is confusing because it could refer to more than one person or thing
A word that takes the place of a noun
An adjective
Tags
CCSS.L.3.1A
CCSS.L.6.1A
CCSS.L.6.1C
CCSS.L.6.1D
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the sentences below contains a vague pronoun?
Mom and Lauren ate dinner together.
Mom gave Lauren her dinner.
Mom ate Lauren's dinner.
Mom and Lauren love Mexican food.
Tags
CCSS.L.1.1D
CCSS.L.3.1A
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How would you correct the below sentence to fix the vague pronoun without changing the meaning of the sentence?
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.
Tags
CCSS.L.3.1A
CCSS.L.6.1A
CCSS.L.6.1C
CCSS.L.6.1D
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which choice best fixes the vague pronoun issue in the sentence below without changing the sentence's meaning?
Keagan didn't write a paper.
Keagan's paper showed little revision between drafts, and this lack of effort lowered his grade.
Keagan's paper showed little revision. This was bad for his grade.
Keagan's paper showed little revision, which this was not good.
Tags
CCSS.L.1.1D
CCSS.L.3.1A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which has a vague pronoun.
Amanda took her mother and three couisins to a second hand store to nuy gifts.
If you look carefully you can see when the magician puts the card up his sleeve.
Will you take me to your leader?
As Joe was talking to Sam, he started to cry.
Tags
CCSS.L.1.1D
CCSS.L.3.1A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which sentence contains a vague pronoun?
As Joe was talking to Sam, Sam started to cry
As Joe was talking to Sam, he started to cry.
Tags
CCSS.L.1.1D
CCSS.L.3.1A
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which sentence does not contain a vague pronoun?
As Joe was talking to Sam, he started to cry.
As Joe was talking to Sam, Sam started to cry
Tags
CCSS.L.3.1A
CCSS.L.6.1A
CCSS.L.6.1C
CCSS.L.6.1D
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