Pronoun Choices: Practice Exercise 1

From the choices provided after each sentence select a word that would correctly complete the sentence. Submit the form using the SUBMIT APPLICATION button at the end of the exercise. Your score will be returned to you in a few seconds.

Quizzes labeled "Practice Exercise" or "Additional Practice" are taken from the ancillary materials for Sentence Sense: A Writer's Guide, by Evelyn Farbman, and are used by the Guide for Grammar and Writing with the kind permission of the book's author and the publisher, Houghton Mifflin.

1.  I doubt that either of those social workers knows what ____________ caseload will be.
HIS OR HER
THEIR
2.  Among the Iroquois, everyone prepared ____________ carefully for the gathering ceremonies.
HIMSELF OR HERSELF
THEMSELVES
3.  According to Alvina and ____________ , this is the best math course you'll ever take.
HE
HIM
4.  Last week Raoul said that ____________ first-year students don't need to register yet.
WE
US
5.  The bus driver told me that he'd make change for you and ____________ this time but never again.
I
ME
6.  Probably the captain doesn't expect any of ____________ to show up on a day like this.
THEY
THEM
7.  It sounds as if you're complaining whenever you and ____________ talk that way.
SHE
HER
8.  Every winter Simon and ____________ get together to look at each other's drawings.
WE
US
9.  This year Stan wants to paint you and ____________ together.
I
ME
10.  Randy seems to think that there's some conflict developing between Jason and ____________ .
HE
HIM

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