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Handout 5C • WIT & WISDOM™
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Handout 5C: Experiment with Pronoun Number
Directions: Read the paragraph below. Consider whether a singular or plural pronoun belongs in each blank space before
writing in the one that agrees with its corresponding noun.
Captain Smith finds me and hands ____________ a straw hat and a hatchet and
tells ____________ to get to work. We will begin felling the smaller trees in order to make
room for our tents and gardens. James and Richard are assigned to work alongside me. My
inclination is to work on ____________own and ignore ____________. But would it be so
bad to work with ____________, ____________wonder, to cooperate? Better than being
chained up by Captain Smith again with no slop bucket nearby. I decide to give it a try.
I see that it would be best to have one boy bend a sapling over, another boy chop
____________ at its base with strong downward strokes, and the third boy drag the
saplings into a brush pile. I clear my throat, “Do ____________ want to work together on
this?” I ask ____________. I explain my idea (Carbone 68–69).
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