G10 Asynchronous Task

Which sentence demonstrates correct pronoun-antecedent agreement?

• Everyone must bring their own lunch to the field trip.

• Each student must bring his or her own lunch to the field trip.

• A person should always do their best.

• Nobody forgot their homework today.

Identify the sentence with faulty parallelism:

• She likes swimming, hiking, and to ski.

• The teacher graded papers, prepared lessons, and wrote emails.

• We enjoy reading books, watching movies, and playing games.

• They will study hard, work diligently, and succeed greatly.

Which archaic pronoun would correctly complete this sentence: "_ shall not pass!"?

• Thou

• Thee

• Thy

• Thine

In a word cline showing degrees of temperature from coldest to hottest, which sequence is correct?

• Warm, hot, scalding, tepid

• Freezing, chilly, cool, lukewarm

• Tepid, scalding, warm, hot

• Freezing, cool, warm, hot

Which sentence uses pronouns correctly?

• Between you and I, the secret is safe.

• The prize was given to John and I.

• Between you and me, the secret is safe.

• Him and her went to the store.

Identify the sentence with correct parallel structure:

• The candidate promised to lower taxes, creating jobs, and he will reduce spending.

• The candidate promised to lower taxes, create jobs, and reduce spending.

• The candidate promised lower taxes, creating jobs, and to reduce spending.

• The candidate promised that taxes would be lower, creating jobs, and spending reduction.

Which archaic pronoun form is possessive?

• Thou

• Thee

• Thy

• Ye

In a word cline showing degrees of happiness, which sequence is correct?

• Content, happy, joyful, ecstatic

• Happy, content, ecstatic, joyful

• Ecstatic, joyful, content, happy

• Joyful, happy, ecstatic, content

Which sentence demonstrates incorrect pronoun usage?

• Whom did you invite to the party?

• Who did you give the book to?

• To whom did you speak?

• With whom did you go?

Choose the sentence with proper parallel structure:

• The movie was long, boring, and it had poor acting.

• The movie was long, boring, and poorly acted.

• The movie was long, was boring, and was poorly acted.

• The movie had length, boredom, and poor acting.