Identifying Pronoun Errors: Incorrect Usage

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Select the underlined word or phrase that needs to be changed to make the sentence correct. Some sentences contain no error at all.

The students were interested in the frogs they had been given for dissection, but most struggled to see it as scientific learning opportunities instead of gross, dead amphibians. No error

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Select the underlined word or phrase that needs to be changed to make the sentence correct. Some sentences contain no error at all.

The committee had a tradition of voting bimonthly for their quarterly meeting, in which the members discussed important matters. No error

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Select the underlined word or phrase that needs to be changed to make the sentence correct. Some sentences contain no error at all.

Any leader who inspires their constituents must do so by cultivating a sense of national pride and maintaining peace with neighboring states. No error

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Select the underlined word or phrase that needs to be changed to make the sentence correct. Some sentences contain no error at all.

While on vacation in the Smokey Mountains, Jack saw a brown bear and it's cub run across the road. No error

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Select the underlined word or phrase that needs to be changed to make the sentence correct. Some sentences contain no error at all.

An anthropologist always needs to ensure that their notes are meticulous and organized; detailed and accessible records are key to successful fieldwork. No error

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Select the underlined word or phrase that needs to be changed to make the sentence correct. Some sentences contain no error at all.

Rita tries to arrive ten minutes early to every meeting, but sometimes the rush hour traffic makes it impossible to do it. No error

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Select the underlined word or phrase that needs to be changed to make the sentence correct. Some sentences contain no error at all.

Mitosis is a process when cells undergo division in order to create two new cells. No error

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Select the underlined word or phrase that needs to be changed to make the sentence correct. Some sentences contain no error at all.

I must say that I am somewhat jealous of you having your own private, in-home movie theater. No error

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Select the underlined word or phrase that needs to be changed to make the sentence correct. Some sentences contain no error at all.

Little did he know that his two best friends, which had mistakenly thought it was his birthday, were waiting in the next room to surprise him. No error

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Select the underlined word or phrase that needs to be changed to make the sentence correct. Some sentences contain no error at all.

Students which take too much initiative and participate in too many afterschool activities can sometimes stress themselves out to the point of exhaustion. No error

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