Personal Pronouns And Antecedents

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    In the summer of 2005, the NCAA banned the use of mascots that could be considered offensive to American Indians at any of their championship games. In order to understand this, it is important to consider that movies and television programs for years portrayed them [2] as savage warriors that were feared and misunderstood. That is why some schools have chosen to use Indians as their mascot, a role typically played by wild animals or fictional beasts. You would not tolerate derogatory terms for other ethnic groups being used for school mascots. In the NCAA's new ruling, they ask schools to eliminate mascots that may be hurtful or offensive to America's Indian population.

    • NCAA
    • Mascots
    • American Indians
    • Programs
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For the following sentences, choose the antecedent(s) that agree with the personal pronoun in brackets [ ].
1. The orchestra was looking forward to performing its[1] rendition of Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony.
1. orchestra

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    In the summer of 2005, the NCAA banned the use of mascots that could be considered offensive to American Indians at any of their championship games. In order to understand this, it is important to consider that movies and television programs for years portrayed them as savage warriors that were feared and misunderstood. That is why some schools have chosen to use Indians as their [3] mascot, a role typically played by wild animals or fictional beasts. You would not tolerate derogatory terms for other ethnic groups being used for school mascots. In the NCAA's new ruling, they ask schools to eliminate mascots that may be hurtful or offensive to America's Indian population.

    • NCAA

    • Schools

    • Indians

    • Beasts

    Correct Answer
    A. Schools
    Explanation
    The antecedent of "their" is schools. The schools are in charge of selecting the mascot.

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    In the summer of 2005, the NCAA banned the use of mascots that could be considered offensive to American Indians at any of their championship games. In order to understand this, it is important to consider that movies and television programs for years portrayed them as savage warriors that were feared and misunderstood. That is why some schools have chosen to use Indians as their mascot, a role typically played by wild animals or fictional beasts. You would not tolerate derogatory terms for other ethnic groups being used for school mascots. In the NCAA's new ruling, they [4] ask schools to eliminate mascots that may be hurtful or offensive to America's Indian population.

    • Indians

    • Groups

    • Mascots

    • NCAA

    Correct Answer
    A. NCAA
    Explanation
    The antecedent for "they" is NCAA, the organization which runs the games and the one who can ask schools to conform to their rules.

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    In the summer of 2005, the NCAA banned the use of mascots that could be considered offensive to American Indians at any of their [1] championship games. In order to understand this, it is important to consider that movies and television programs for years portrayed them as savage warriors that were feared and misunderstood. That is why some schools have chosen to use Indians as their mascot, a role typically played by wild animals or fictional beasts. You would not tolerate derogatory terms for other ethnic groups being used for school mascots. In the NCAA's new ruling, they ask schools to eliminate mascots that may be hurtful or offensive to America's Indian population.

    • NCAA

    • Mascots

    • American Indians

    • Games

    Correct Answer
    A. NCAA
    Explanation
    The personal pronoun "their" refers to the NCAA, the organization in charge of the games.

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    Which of the following pronouns in the answers below is in the objective case?

    • My

    • His

    • Me

    • Her

    Correct Answer
    A. Me
    Explanation
    The pronoun "me" is the only one in the objective case. The other pronouns are possessive case.

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    Which of the following pronouns in the answers below is in the possessive case?

    • Us

    • Mine

    • You

    • Our

    Correct Answer
    A. Our
    Explanation
    The only possessive pronoun is "our". The others are in the nominative (us, you) case and the absolute (mine) case.

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