This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Pronoun Reference – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Pronoun Reference Quiz 10 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Last night, Tom got out of bed, walked outside, turned on the hose, and used it to soak the two cats whining and hissing under his bedroom window. A) Correct Sentence. B) Incorrect sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct Sentence. 2. The dog had fleas. It always scratched ..... A) Himself. B) Yourself. C) Herself. D) Itself. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Itself. 3. What is the missing pronoun? I tried to explain but Mum just hung up on ..... A) Me. B) I. C) Mine. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Me. 4. The musicians asked me to help put instruments back on the buses, but I can't find THEM. (This is vague. Who could them refer to in this sentence?) A) Musicians, instruments, and buses. B) Musicians. C) Musicians and instruments. D) Instruments and buses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Musicians, instruments, and buses. 5. Olivia helped Emma with her project, but she forgot her supplies. A) Vague pronoun reference. B) Clear pronoun reference. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vague pronoun reference. 6. The antonym of raw is ..... A) Underdone. B) Fresh. C) Cooked. D) Food. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cooked. 7. Identify the ambiguous pronoun reference in the following sentence:The dog bit the cat, and it ran away. A) Dog. B) Bit. C) It. D) Cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It. 8. What does the pronoun "it" refer to in number B2?2. Capsaicin is very good for your health. It helps you breathe better. A) Very good. B) Your health. C) Breathe. D) Capsaicin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Capsaicin. 9. The word "their" in paragraph 6 refers to A) Coralline structures. B) Complicated process. C) Rounded and more compact shapes. D) Plant and animal life-forms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coralline structures. 10. Which of the following sentences uses pronouns in the clearest way? A) Buck received much critical praise and earned over $ 7 million, but she was very modest about it. B) Buck received much critical praise and earned over $ 7 million, but she was very modest about her achievements. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buck received much critical praise and earned over $ 7 million, but she was very modest about her achievements. 11. Where is ..... stethoscope? Have you seen it? A) Me. B) Mine. C) My. D) Myself. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My. 12. Jake and Ryan played video games, but he lost. A) Vague pronoun reference. B) Clear pronoun reference. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vague pronoun reference. 13. They explained to the audience that a muskrat looks like a small beaver with a rat-like tail. A) This sentence is OK. B) This sentence has a vague pronoun reference. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This sentence has a vague pronoun reference. 14. Which of the following is true about indefinite pronouns? A) They should be plural. B) They should always be specific. C) They should be general or unknown. D) They should be singular. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They should be general or unknown. 15. Choose the correct pronoun to complete the sentence:The children played with ..... toys in the yard. A) Her. B) His. C) Its. D) Their. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Their. 16. What is the best revision for this sentence?"Sam and Joe went to the park, but he forgot his jacket." A) Sam and Joe went to the park, but Sam forgot his jacket. B) Sam and Joe went to the park, but they forgot their jacket. C) No change needed. D) Sam and Joe went to the park, but he forgot the jacket. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sam and Joe went to the park, but Sam forgot his jacket. 17. Which pronoun correctly completes the sentence:'Neither of the boys brought ..... lunch to school.' A) Their. B) Her. C) His. D) Its. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His. 18. To overcome or take control of ..... A) Decide. B) Shipwrecked. C) Sweep over. D) Raft. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sweep over. 19. This studio apartment is so expensive for ..... We cannot pay such a high rent. We need to think again. A) Us. B) Her. C) Them. D) Him. E) It. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Us. 20. Choose the Correct Pronoun.Neither Jim nor the New York Public Library has (its, their) own film rooms. A) Its. B) Their. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Its. 21. What does '' you" in line 15 of paragraph 4 refer to? A) Andrew. B) Philip. C) Andrew's sister. D) Philip's sister. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Philip. 22. The word "hardy" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to A) Difficult. B) Fragile. C) Scarce. D) Rugged. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rugged. 23. Choose the Correct Pronoun. Neither the Library of Congress nor the New York Public Library has (its, their) own filmrooms. A) Its. B) Their. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Its. 24. What should a pronoun not refer to according to the rules? A) A verb. B) A noun. C) A possessive noun. D) An adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A possessive noun. 25. Which of the following sentences uses pronouns clearly? A) When Pearl Buck was forty, her novel The Good Earth won the Pulitzer Prize. B) When she was forty, Pearl Buck's novel The Good Earth won the Pulitzer prize. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When Pearl Buck was forty, her novel The Good Earth won the Pulitzer Prize. 26. Ever since Tikeja began her internship at the hospital, she has tried to take better care of her health. They claim that eating five servings of fruit and vegetables will protect a person from many diseases such as cancer. A) One of them claims. B) Doctors claim. C) We claim. D) No change is necessary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Doctors claim. 27. When Ethan called his brother, his brother didn't answer. A) Vague pronoun reference. B) Clear pronoun reference. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clear pronoun reference. 28. Relative pronouns introduce adjective and noun clauses. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 29. The word "They" in paragraph 3 refers to A) Coralline structures. B) Upward and outward directions. C) Skeletal remnant. D) External force of nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coralline structures. 30. He had with him some fishing equipment in a sealed tin. But he wanted to avoid using it. His idea was to exist like a shipwrecked sailor. He bent the point of his knife against an oar and then tied it to the end of the oar. He tried to catch a fish but could not.The pronoun "it" refers to ..... A) Fishing equipment. B) Using. C) Sealed tin. D) Avoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fishing equipment. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesPronoun Reference Quiz 1Pronoun Reference Quiz 2Pronoun Reference Quiz 3Pronoun Reference Quiz 4Pronoun Reference Quiz 5Pronoun Reference Quiz 6Pronoun Reference Quiz 7Pronoun Reference Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books