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Pronoun - Antecedent
Agreement - Post Test
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To see how
well you have learned the rules for pronoun - antecedent agreement, do the POST TEST
below. There is no
checklist of answers for the POST TEST. Instead, you should have your responses checked by the Writing
Support Program office.
POST
TEST DIRECTIONS:
The following paragraphs contain some pronoun -
antecedent agreement errors.
Each sentence
below contains an antecedent in need of a referent pronoun. For each sentence,
write the correct referent pronoun in the blank and then draw an arrow from the
referent pronoun to its antecedent.
You must
print out a copy of this original page to complete the Post Test. Make your
corrections right on the text; then bring your completed Post Test to the
Writing Support Program office for evaluation and review so that you can take
the final test in the office.
Link to Printable Post
Test
1.
Jim Little or his boys have lost ____________ way.
2.
Everybody wants to go home so _____________ can see
friends and relatives.
3.
As of today, the team has played seven games, and
_____________ has won them all.
4.
Each of the girls knew that ______________ had a
chance to win the prize.
5.
All of the contestants feel that _____________ should
win the biggest award.
6.
None knows so well the perils and ecstasies of surfing
as the surfer who daily pits _____________ board against the waves.
7.
In the juryroom after the trial, the jury members
discussed ______________ different feelings about the case; they could not reach
an agreement.
8.
We saw the dog and cat as _____________ bounded
through the neighbor’s garden.
9.
One needs only to take _____________ car to the garage
to receive a free carwash.
10.
The boys or their father saw the flight and expressed
_____________ pride in the achievement.
To reach the Writing Support Program, contact
Margaret L. Benner
Director, Writing Support Program
English Department
Towson University
benner@towson.edu
410-704-2857
Copyright © 2002 1979
Margaret L. Benner All rights reserved.
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