Exam 28: Consistent Person

For each of the following sentences, select the pronoun that is consistent in person with the antecedent. You can fool some people, but ______________ can't fool all of them.

For each of the following sentences, select the pronoun that is consistent in person with the antecedent. A manager should lock up all of _________________ personnel files every night.

For each of the following sentences, select the pronoun that is consistent in person with the antecedent. When you look around the office, ______________ can see the improvements.

For each of the following sentences, select the pronoun that is consistent in person with the antecedent. People in my neighborhood try to keep _______________ lawns mowed.

For each of the following sentences, select the pronoun that is consistent in person with the antecedent. The court announced ________________ decision today.

The following sentences form a paragraph. Proofread them for inconsistent person and faulty parallelism. Identify the type of each error in each sentence, or select "correct" if the sentence is free of errors. The innkeeper, Ruth Wakefield, had served traditional desserts such as apple pie, Indian pudding, and there was pumpkin pie, too.

The following sentences form a paragraph. Proofread them for inconsistent person and faulty parallelism. Identify the type of each error in each sentence, or select "correct" if the sentence is free of errors. In that year, a New England innkeeper invented this treat while developing her inn's menu.

The following sentences form a paragraph. Proofread them for inconsistent tense and faulty parallelism. Identify the type of each error in each sentence, or select "correct" if the sentence is free of errors. People held on to pieces of drifting wood or were sitting on top of their houses as they were swept along at a terrifying speed.

The following sentences form a paragraph. Proofread them for inconsistent tense and faulty parallelism. Identify the type of each error in each sentence, or select "correct" if the sentence is free of errors. Wooden houses were toppled, smashed, and they were demolished within seconds.

For each of the following sentences, select the pronoun that is consistent in person with the antecedent. As the soldiers filed past, _____________ were issued new boots.

For each of the following sentences, select the pronoun that is consistent in person with the antecedent. A person should never give _____________ address to a total stranger.

The following sentences form a paragraph. Proofread them for inconsistent tense and faulty parallelism. Identify the type of each error in each sentence, or select "correct" if the sentence is free of errors. The flash flood starts at 3 p.m. on May 31 when the South Fork Dam burst, spilling out more than 20 million tons of water and destroys six Pennsylvania towns.

For each of the following sentences, select the pronoun that is consistent in person with the antecedent. The progress report must be completed tonight since _____________ is due tomorrow.

The following sentences form a paragraph. Proofread them for inconsistent person and faulty parallelism. Identify the type of each error in each sentence, or select "correct" if the sentence is free of errors. After the recipe was broadcast on a Boston radio show, chocolate chip cookies become famous.