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Pronouns must agree with their antecedents in number, person and, where relevant, gender. Questions cover singular and plural nouns, indefinite pronouns, compound antecedents, collective nouns and singular they, along with unclear references and shifts between first, second and third person.
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- A. their
- B. his or her
- C. its
- D. them
Explanation: Every student is grammatically singular, so a formal examination expects the singular his or her.
Correct answer: his or her- A. I
- B. me
- C. myself
- D. mine
Explanation: Between is a preposition, so the pronoun following it must be in the object form, giving between you and me.
Correct answer: me- A. I
- B. me
- C. myself
- D. mine
Explanation: The pronoun is the object of the preposition to, so the object form me is required.
Correct answer: me- A. their
- B. its
- C. his or her
- D. one's
Explanation: Board is a collective noun acting here as a single body, so the singular possessive its is correct in formal written English.
Correct answer: its- A. we
- B. us
- C. ours
- D. ourselves
Explanation: After than, us is the required object pronoun in this comparison: nearer to them than us.
Correct answer: us- A. of our own
- B. by ourselves
- C. ours
- D. All
Explanation: “By ourselves” is a reflexive phrase meaning without assistance, which matches “instead of waiting for help.” “Ours” is a possessive…
Correct answer: by ourselves- A. who
- B. whose
- C. whom
- D. which
Explanation: The pronoun is the object of met because the sentence means “you met him”; therefore, the formal relative pronoun is whom.
Correct answer: whom- A. they, those
- B. they, them
- C. those, they
- D. they, they
Explanation: They refers to Anna and Tania, and the second they is the subject of liked, referring to the things they could not find.
Correct answer: they, they- A. them
- B. they
- C. theirs
- D. their
Explanation: After the preposition “of,” the possessive determiner “their” is used before the gerund “coming”: “the possibility of their coming late.”…
Correct answer: their- A. whom
- B. them
- C. whose
- D. which
Explanation: “Whose” shows possession and links Javed with his brothers: “two of whose brothers.” “Whom” and “which” cannot introduce this possessive…
Correct answer: whose- A. Person whom
- B. Person
- C. Person who
- D. Person which
Explanation: In this sentence, "person who" is the correct option. Here's an explanation of each option:Person whom: "Whom" is the object form of…
Correct answer: Person who- A. Man which his
- B. Man whose his
- C. Man that his
- D. Man whose
Explanation: The correct answer is option D: 'Man whose.'In English, 'whose' is the relative pronoun used to indicate possession, linking a person to…
Correct answer: Man whose- A. Which
- B. Whose
- C. Whom
- D. Who
Explanation: In the sentence, "who" refers to the doctor, and "who" is the sentence's subject.
Correct answer: Who- A. The parents who
- B. The parents whom
- C. The parents which
- D. The parents whose
Explanation: This option is correct because "whom" is used for the object of a verb or preposition.
Correct answer: The parents whom- A. better
- B. happenings
- C. who
- D. to be considered
Explanation: This is the incorrect answer because "who" is a relative pronoun used to refer to people, whereas "that" is the correct relative pronoun…
Correct answer: who- A. The student whom aims to get the first rank must invest a significant amount of his time and energy in hard work
- B. The student whose aims to get the first rank must invest a significant amount of their time and energy in hard work
- C. The student who aims to get the first rank must invest a significant amount of theirs time and energy in hard work
- D. The student who aims to get the first rank must invest a significant amount of his time and energy in hard work
Explanation: "The student who aims to get the first rank must invest a significant amount of his time and energy in hard work."Here's why:- "Who" is…
Correct answer: The student who aims to get the first rank must invest a significant amount of his time and energy in hard work- A. (A) One should do one duty.
- B. One should do one's duty.
- C. (C) One should does one's duty.
- D. (D) One should do their duty.
Explanation: "One should do one's duty" is a grammatically correct and more formal way to express the idea.
Correct answer: One should do one's duty.- A. we enjoyed ourselves during the holidays
- B. we ourselves enjoyed during the holidays.
- C. we enjoyed during the vacations
- D. we enjoyed during the holidays.
Explanation: This option is grammatically correct and conveys that the speaker had a good time during the holidays.
Correct answer: we enjoyed ourselves during the holidays- A. (A) Any one can does it if he tries.
- B. (B) Any one can do it if he try.
- C. (C) Any one can do it if one try.
- D. Any one can do it if he tries.
Explanation: Option (d) is the correct choice because it uses the correct subject-verb agreement.
Correct answer: Any one can do it if he tries.- A. (A) She absented her from the class,
- B. (B) She absented herself of the class.
- C. (C) She absent from the class.
- D. She absented herself from the class.
Explanation: Option (d) correctly uses the reflexive pronoun "herself" to indicate that the action of absenting was performed by the subject "she."…
Correct answer: She absented herself from the class.Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement MCQs: common questions
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