Pronouns — Answer Key
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. Which sentence keeps the same point of view?
A) I love hiking because you feel free outdoors.
B) I love hiking because I feel free outdoors.
C) We love hiking because they feel free outdoors.
D) You love hiking because I feel free outdoors.
Both clauses use I, so the writer's point of view stays steady throughout.
2. Pick the correct interrogative pronoun: '___ is knocking at the door?'
A) Who
B) Which
C) Whose
D) What
Who asks about a person performing the action, such as knocking.
3. Pick the correct interrogative pronoun: '___ book is on my desk?'
A) Who
B) Whose
C) What
D) Which
Whose asks to whom the book belongs, so it fits before the noun book.
4. Which sentence shows a pronoun shift that should be fixed?
A) We packed our bags and headed out.
B) She read her story aloud.
C) I started my homework, but you forgot the pencil.
D) They cleaned their room together.
The sentence switches from I to you, which is an unclear shift in perspective.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. Which is your favorite season, summer or fall?
Which asks someone to pick from a limited set of choices.
2. What did you eat for breakfast?
What is used to ask about things or actions, not specific people.
3. When I write a story, I must stay focused from start to finish.
Keeping I in both clauses avoids a shift to you or we mid-sentence.
4. If students want good grades, they should review notes nightly.
Students is third-person plural, so they keeps the point of view consistent.
5. Who is the girl standing next to the library?
Who is the interrogative pronoun used to ask about the identity of a person.