Study Questions: Chapter 16
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Multiple Choice Questions
1. Most often, the subject of a sentence is a pronoun or noun that performs the ________.
a) action of the verb
b) action of the adjective
c) action of the adverb
d) action of the object
A (p. 388)
2. A compound subject joined by the conjunction and usually requires a ________.
a) plural verb form
b) singular verb form
c) collective none
d) None of the above
A (p. 390)
3. Problems in pronoun–antecedent agreement apply to ________.
a) adverbs
b) personal pronouns
c) numbers
d) articles
B (p. 393)
4. If a pronoun lacks an apparent noun antecedent, the writer has committed the error of ________.
a) broad reference
b) remote reference
c) no reference
d) None of the above
C (p. 399)
5. If a writer expects the reader to connect a noun to a pronoun when each component is separated by more than a sentence, the writer has committed the error of ________.
a) remote reference
b) no reference
c) broad reference
d) None of the above
A (p. 400)
6. If the pronoun refers to two or more nouns and the antecedent is unclear, the writer has committed the error of ________.
a) broad reference
b) remote reference
c) ambiguous reference
d) None of the above
C (p. 400)
7. Personal pronouns refer to ________.
a) inanimate objects
b) persons
c) thoughts
d) opinions
B (p. 404)
8. A collective noun refers to a(n) ________.
a) individual
b) group
c) adverbial modifier
d) adjectival modifier
B (p. 391)
9. Dangling modifiers are sometimes called ________.
a) hanging modifiers
b) dangling participles
c) hanging participles
d) None of the above
B (p. 413)
10. Me, you, him, and her are all ________ pronouns.
a) objective–plural
b) objective-singular
c) subjective-plural
d) subjective-singular
B (p. 404)
Short Answer Questions
1. When the subject of a sentence is the number of, the verb will be ________.
singular (p. 392)
2. ________ reference occurs when the pronoun refers to a group of words, an idea, or a concept, rather than one specific noun.
Broad/Vague (p. 401)
3. ________ is the principle that a pronoun must agree in number, gender, and person with its antecedent.
Pronoun consistency (p. 409)
4. _______ refers to the way words are put together into sentences in a language.
Syntax (p. 410)
5. Indefinite pronouns refer to ________ individuals or objects.
non-specific (p. 391)
6. A misplaced ________ can be an adverb, adjective, adverbial phrase, or adjectival phrase.
modifier (p. 410)
7. A pronoun must agree in gender, number, and person with its ________.
antecedent (p. 409)
8. Who and whoever are examples of ________ pronouns.
interrogative (p. 407)
9. A ________ clause often functions as an adjective to modify the preceding noun.
relative (p. 406)
10. ________ pronouns refer to persons.
Personal (p. 404)