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SAT Reading & Writing: Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement (Drill 3)

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SAT Reading & Writing: Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement (Drill 3) is a Reading & Writing practice drill covering Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement. It contains 5 original questions created by Brian Stewart, a Barron's test prep author with over 20 years of tutoring experience.

Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement questions test whether a pronoun matches its antecedent in number and, where relevant, gender. This drill emphasizes agreement errors that are disguised by intervening phrases, where the antecedent and pronoun are separated enough that the mismatch is easy to overlook.

Questions & Explanations

Text
Each of the applicants must submit ________ completed background check form before the final interview can be scheduled.

Question 1. Which choice conforms to Standard English?

  • A) your
  • B) their ✓
  • C) its
  • D) our

Explanation: 'Each' is singular, so the pronoun must be singular. The SAT typically marks 'their' with a singular antecedent as incorrect.

Text
After a heated debate, the board of directors voted to delay ________ decision on the merger until an independent audit could be completed.

Question 2. Which choice conforms to Standard English?

  • A) their
  • B) our
  • C) its ✓
  • D) it's

Explanation: 'The board of directors' is a collective noun acting as a single unit. 'Its' is the correct singular possessive.

Text
Neither the coach nor the players were willing to share ________ postgame comments with the media after the controversial loss.

Question 3. Which choice conforms to Standard English?

  • A) his
  • B) its
  • C) their ✓
  • D) our

Explanation: With 'neither…nor,' the pronoun agrees with the nearer antecedent. 'Players' is plural, so 'their' is correct.

Text
If anyone forgets their password, they can reset it by following the instructions that were sent to ________ .

Question 4. Which choice conforms to Standard English?

  • A) us
  • B) them ✓
  • C) it
  • D) you

Explanation: "Them" is consistent with the "they" used earlier in the sentence.

Text
The museum and the library have announced that ________ joint summer program will feature weekly lectures on local history and ecology.

Question 5. Which choice conforms to Standard English?

  • A) its
  • B) it's
  • C) their ✓
  • D) our

Explanation: 'The museum and the library' is a compound subject (two entities joined by 'and'), making it plural. 'Their' is the correct plural possessive.