Practice with Pronoun Agreement*

1. I can be standing in front of a Xerox machine, with parts scattered around my feet, and someone will ask me to let them make a copy.

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2. The instructor has asked everyone to bring their own tools to carpentry class.

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3. If anyone is caught smoking on the premises, they will be severely reprimanded.

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4. David lent his motorcycle to someone who allowed a friend to use it.

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5. An eighteenth-century architect was also a classical scholar; they were often at the forefront of archaeological research.

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*These practice exercises are from Diana Hacker's The Bedford Handbook, 5th edition: Instructor's Annotated Edition. Bedford Books: Boston, 1998: 323-30

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