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

Which sentence correctly uses a demonstrative pronoun?

Answer: Those are the best options available.

'Those are' correctly pairs a plural demonstrative pronoun with a plural verb.

Choose the sentence that avoids a vague pronoun reference.

Answer: The weather report says it will rain tomorrow.

Specifying 'the weather report' eliminates the vague pronoun 'they' and makes the sentence clear.

Select the correct form: 'Is that ___ at the door?'

Answer: they

After a linking verb, the nominative 'they' is the grammatically correct form.

Which pronoun correctly completes the sentence: 'The team celebrated ___ victory.'

Answer: its

'Its' is the singular possessive pronoun for 'team,' which is treated as a singular collective noun in American English.

Identify the sentence with correct use of reciprocal pronouns.

Answer: The two friends helped each other with their homework.

'Each other' is the correct reciprocal pronoun for two people performing a mutual action.

Choose the sentence with correct indefinite pronoun agreement.

Answer: Somebody left his or her keys on the table.

In formal writing, the singular indefinite pronoun 'somebody' takes the singular 'his or her.'