Question
1. The team __ is wearing the red jerseys is the one I came to see.
Which of the following pronouns correctly completes the sentence above?
A. who
B. whom
C. that
D. which
2. The gist of the saying went something like this: If a person wants to get ahead in life, you have to be willing to work for it.
Which of the following language conventions is violated in the sentence above?
A. Use of a colon
B. Verb tense
C. Pronoun-antecedent agreement
D. Punctuation of an introductory clause
3. The quarterback, along with his teammates, __ congratulated following a dramatic victory.
Which of the following options correctly completes the sentence above?
A. was
B. were
C. have been
D. were being
my answer 1.A 2. D 3. A am i right
Which of the following pronouns correctly completes the sentence above?
A. who
B. whom
C. that
D. which
2. The gist of the saying went something like this: If a person wants to get ahead in life, you have to be willing to work for it.
Which of the following language conventions is violated in the sentence above?
A. Use of a colon
B. Verb tense
C. Pronoun-antecedent agreement
D. Punctuation of an introductory clause
3. The quarterback, along with his teammates, __ congratulated following a dramatic victory.
Which of the following options correctly completes the sentence above?
A. was
B. were
C. have been
D. were being
my answer 1.A 2. D 3. A am i right
Answers
Writeacher
No. All three are incorrect.
wedi
1. d 2. C 3.B IS IT CORRECT
River
Wouldn't number 3 be "A" since "the quarterback" is singular?
wedi
that is what i thought
Ebsa
not #. 3 should be B because the 'teammates' is plural and it should be agree with the nearest pronoun.