You now have 10 minutes to put the essay into final shape. You have all the ideas, sentences, and paragraphs in the correct order, but you need to check your sentences for grammar and spelling errors. Then, following the numbers in your margin, write your sentences in the correct order in the final draft. | Chapter 5 Pronouns 101 Skill Builder 5 Faulty Reference Directions Write a C on the line if the sentence is correct. Write an X on the line if the pronoun does not clearly refer to one antecedent or if it has no antecedent. 1. Mr. Smith told Mr. Jones that he had lost a lot of money in the stock market. 2. In the telephone directory it says to call directory assistance in that situation. 3. When Peter finished the examination he gave it to the professor. 4. Cathy saw her friend as she was driving home from work. 5. When John put a new frame on the picture it looked strange. 6. The laundry was not dry enough for Susan to bring it into the house. 7. He put all his savings in the stock market and it suffered great losses that year. 8. When Jack was in the navy he learned electronics. 9. In the newspaper it says there is renewed interest in the silver market. 10. The A Team played the B Team yesterday and now it is in first place. Answers X 1. Mr. Smith told Mr. Jones I have lost. See first error example. X 2. The telephone directory says . See fifth error example. C 3. X 4. As Cathy was driving home from work she saw her friend. See second error example. X 5. the picture looked strange . See fourth error example. C 6. X 7. and the stock market suffered . See fourth error example. C 8. X 9. The newspaper says . See fifth error example. X10. and now the A Team is in first place . See third error example. 102 PART III TOEFL Writing Review PERSON Do not carelessly change the person of a pronoun. PRON. A student has to expect to work hard when he goes to college. OR A student has to expect to work hard when she goes to college. PRON. One should brush one s teeth twice daily. OR PRON. One should brush his teeth twice daily. a. A student a person or one can use the following third-person singular pronouns he she or he or she him her or him or her and his her or his or her. A student must renew his or her library .
