PRONOUN CHOICES: Practice Exercise 2 [Logo]
From the choices provided after each sentence select a word that would correctly complete the sentence. (Sometimes you're asked for a pronoun choice; other times, you're asked for a verb choice to go along with a pronoun.) 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.  Be sure that everyone brings ____________ own book.
HIS OR HER
THEIR

2.  If anyone calls, tell ____________ that I'll be back in half an hour.
HIM OR HER
THEM

3.  Joe and ____________ have been close friends for many years.
ME
I

4.  Did you see Derek and ____________ at the game?
HER
SHE

5.  Between you and ____________ , this politician cannot be trusted.
ME
I

6.  Each person in the room turned ____________ head to the front when the teacher entered.
THEIR
HIS

7.  We know that we can count on James, Anne, and ____________ .
HER
SHE

8.  Rhonda explained that ____________ and her sister had often eaten at that restaurant.
HER
SHE

9.  Most of the workers were wearing ____________ hard hats.
HIS OR HER
THEIR

10.  It's always best for a student to ask questions when ____________ doesn't understand a problem.
SHE
THEY

11.  The children in that neighborhood often ride ____________ bikes through the park.
HIS OR HER
THEIR

12.  The local government plans to cut ____________ budget for recreation.
ITS
THEIR

13.  When I meet new people, I'm usually curious about ____________ occupations.
THEIR
HIS OR HER

14.  Everyone who purchased one of the paintings ____________ pleased.
WERE
WAS

15.  Few of the suggestions ____________ reasonable to me.
SOUND
SOUNDS

16.  Christopher and ____________ want to travel to the Far East some day.
I
ME

17.  The cost of the repairs shocked both my brother and ____________ .
I
ME

18.  Most of the congestion on the highway ____________ caused by an overturned truck.
WERE
WAS

19.  To Maria and ____________ , the movie seemed very silly.
HINT: Are you looking for a subject or the object of a preposition here?
HER
SHE

20.  Both of the bicycles in the garage ____________ broken.
IS
ARE


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