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Vague Pronoun Practice

Quiz by James Powell

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13 questions
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  • Q1
    How can I fix a vague pronoun?
    Replace the pronoun with a verb phrase
    Replace the pronoun with a linking verb
    Replace the pronoun with a prepositional phrase
    Replace the pronoun with the noun it replaces.
    30s
  • Q2
    How can I fix a vague pronoun?
    Replace with a epitaph.
    Replace with a homonym.
    Try a thespian.
    Try a different word.
    30s
  • Q3
    How can I fix a vague pronoun?
    Replace the pronoun with an verb phrase.
    Reconstruct the sentence.
    Refrain from using pronouns.
    Retool the sentences.
    30s
  • Q4
    What fixes the vague pronoun. Roxie barked at Pam, after she chewed a bone.
    Replace she with it
    Replace she with herself
    Replace she with Roxie
    Replace she with he
    60s
  • Q5
    What fixes the vague pronoun. I showed my dog to the veterinarian. He has fleas.
    Replace He with All dogs
    Replace He with She
    Replace He with My dog.
    Replace He with They
    60s
  • Q6
    Choose the sentence that corrects the use of vague pronouns in the sentence below. Doug visited Chris at his ball game.
    Doug visited Chris at her ball game.
    Doug visited Chris at Chris' ball game.
    Doug visited Chris at his friend's ball game.
    Doug visited Chris at her friend's ball game.
    60s
  • Q7
    Combine the two sentences below to avoid the use of vague pronouns. Alisha always missed the school bus. It drove her mom nuts.
    Alisha always missed the school bus; it drove her mom nuts.
    Alisha's tendency to always miss the school bus drove her mom nuts.
    Alisha always missed the school bus and it drove her mom nuts.
    Alisha always missed the school bus; she drove her mom nuts.
    60s
  • Q8
    This sentence correctly avoids using vague pronouns. When she was eight, Sarah's dog broke a leg.
    false
    true
    60s
  • Q9
    How do you fix the vague pronoun in the following sentence? When Samuel dropped the goblet onto the glass table, it broke.
    The goblet broke when Samuel dropped it onto the glass table.
    When Samuel dropped it onto the glass table, it broke.
    When Samuel dropped her onto the glass table, it broke.
    When he dropped the goblet onto the glass table, it broke.
    60s
  • Q10
    They should increase funding to academic programs.
    They should increase funding for their programs.
    They should increase funding for her programs.
    The administration should increase funding to academic programs.
    They should increase funding for it's programs.
    60s
  • Q11
    Sleeping eight hours a night is vital to the health of students, yet research clearly shows they simply don’t do it.
    Although sleeping eight hours a night is vital to the health of students, research clearly shows they simply don’t sleep that much.
    Sleeping eight hours a night is vital to the health of students, yet research clearly shows he or she simply won't do it.
    Sleeping eight hours a night is vital to the health of students, yet research clearly shows we simply don’t do it.
    Sleeping eight hours a night is vital to the health of students, yet research clearly shows you simply don’t do it.
    60s
  • Q12
    Sarah and her mom went to the grocery store, and she immediately went to the fruit section.
    Sarah and Sarah's mom went to the grocery store, and she immediately went to the fruit section.
    Sarah and her mom went to the grocery store, and she immediately started shopping for Little Debbie snack cakes.
    Sarah and her mom went to the grocery store, and Sarah immediately went to the fruit section.
    60s
  • Q13
    Houston, Dallas, and Texas Boy are just a few of the names his best friend gets called.
    Houston, Dallas, and Texas Boy are just a few of the names Michael's best friend gets called.
    Houston, Dallas, and Texas Boy are just a few of the names my best friend gets called.
    Houston, Dallas, and Texas Boy are just a few of the names her best friend gets called.
    Houston, Dallas, and Texas Boy are just a few of the names their best friend gets called.
    60s

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