SAT · English · Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement — Spot Error

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Statement parts

   1. Every
   2. student
   3. must
   4. bring
   5. their
   6. textbook
   7. tomorrow
   8. .

   Correction

   his or her (or 'their' in modern use)

   Incorrect part

   their

2. Statement parts

   1. The
   2. committee
   3. made
   4. its
   5. decision
   6. at
   7. its
   8. weekly
   9. meetings
   10. .

   Correction

   their (committee plural here)

   Incorrect part

   its

3. Statement parts

   1. Either
   2. the
   3. boys
   4. or
   5. the
   6. girl
   7. will
   8. bring
   9. their
   10. books
   11. .

   Correction

   her (nearest noun: girl)

   Incorrect part

   their

4. Statement parts

   1. Anyone
   2. who
   3. wants
   4. to
   5. join
   6. should
   7. raise
   8. their
   9. hands
   10. high
   11. .

   Correction

   hand (singular)

   Incorrect part

   hands

Instructions

Tap the pronoun (or its referent) that doesn't agree.