CELSA - Combined English Language Skills Assessment Pronoun Usage and Agreement Questions and Answers Flashcards

Which sentence shows correct use of an intensive pronoun?

Answer: The president herself signed the document.

Intensive pronouns like 'herself' add emphasis and must accompany a clear antecedent, here 'the president.'

Select the sentence with correct pronoun-verb agreement.

Answer: Neither of the boys has completed the test.

'Neither' is a singular indefinite pronoun and takes the singular verb 'has.'

Which sentence correctly distinguishes 'who' from 'whom'?

Answer: Who did you invite to the party?

'Whom did you invite' is correct because 'whom' is the object, but 'Who did you invite' tests whether you can restate it as 'you invited him,' confirming 'whom'—however 'Who' is accepted in informal use here.

Choose the correct possessive pronoun: '___ is the red car in the lot.'

Answer: Ours

'Ours' is the correct possessive pronoun; possessive pronouns never use apostrophes.

Which sentence uses the pronoun 'it' correctly?

Answer: It is important to study every day.

Using 'it' as an expletive subject to introduce a statement is correct standard English usage.

Identify the sentence with no pronoun error.

Answer: Just between you and me, I know the answer.

'Between you and me' correctly uses the objective pronoun 'me' after the preposition 'between.'