ERROR OF PRONOUN

EXERCISE

1. Each of them / has to understand/ their responsibility. / No error.

2. We are proud to announce /that every one of us  have earned  / a good name. / No error.

3. Here is / the man whom I think /committed the crime. / No error.

4. He took /his younger sister / with himself. / No error.

5. The company is in debt/ and has been unable/ to pay their employees' salaries/ for the past six months. / No error.

6. One of the TV cameramen was_________in the leg by a bullet when he was___________ in the middle of a gun fight between two gangs.

a)hurt, entered   b)shot, caught   c)injured, came    d) stabbed, trap

7. Although the fire was very small, everyone____________and rushed out of the cinema hall____________complete chaos.

a) shouted, leading   b)died, producing   c)injured, resulting    d)panicked, causing

8. The__________ of pesticides and fertilizers while growing vegetables and fruits is one of the greatest__________ to health these days.

a)production, dangers   b)consumption, problem    c) overuse, threats    d)application, rewards

9. The group's mission is to___________ peace between the nations and help different people____________ each other better.

a) maintain, understand     b)remain, address   c)keep, interact     d)advise, find

10. While there is a lot of institutional and financial support for other entertainment media, those who go into theatre generally have to____________ to make it a______________ full-time job.

a) starve, alternative   b) run. successful     c)compromise, lucrative   d)struggle, viable

SOLUTION

1. Each of them  has to understand his responsibility.

Explanation – Each takes singular adjective/pronoun.

2.  We are proud to announce that every one of us  has earned  a good name.

Explanation –  Has is used with every one.

3.  Here is the man who I think committed the crime.

Explanation –The man is the subject here that will take relative pronoun who.

4. He took his younger sister  with him.

Explanation – change himself to him

5. The company is in debt and has been unable to pay its employees' salaries  for the past six months.

Explanation – Company is a singular noun. Singular possessive adjective its will be used with it.

6. shot, caught

7. panicked, causing

8. overuse, threats

9. maintain, understand

10. struggle, viable