PSC SLE English Writing: Pronouns and clause links

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1. Complete: Employees should check ____ schedules before accepting a shift.

   1. there
   2. they’re
   3. their
   4. theirs
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   Correct answer: their

   Their is the possessive determiner modifying schedules. There marks a place, they’re is they are, and theirs cannot directly modify the noun.

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2. Complete: Everyone ____ needs assistance can contact reception.

   1. whose
   2. who
   3. whom
   4. which
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   Correct answer: who

   Who is the subject of needs and refers to people. Whom would be an object form rather than the subject needed here.

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3. Complete: This is ____ the review panel recommended.

   1. whose
   2. who
   3. what
   4. where
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   Correct answer: what

   What means the thing that and supplies the object of recommended within the clause. It fits the complete phrase this is what.

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4. Complete: Please send the updated files to Léa and ____.

   1. I
   2. me
   3. my
   4. mine
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   Correct answer: me

   The pronoun is an object of the preposition to. The coordinated phrase takes the object form me.

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5. Complete: This notice applies to anyone ____ works in the shared laboratory.

   1. whose
   2. who
   3. whom
   4. where
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   Correct answer: who

   Who acts as the subject of works and refers back to anyone. No possessive or object pronoun is needed.

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6. Complete: Mira and ____ will present the findings tomorrow.

   1. me
   2. my
   3. I
   4. mine
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   Correct answer: I

   The pronoun is part of the subject of will present. The subject form I is required in that coordinated subject.

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7. Complete: The customer to ____ I spoke asked for a printed receipt.

   1. whom
   2. whose
   3. which
   4. that
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   Correct answer: whom

   After the preposition to referring to a person, whom is the appropriate relative pronoun among these options.

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8. Complete: The employee ____ badge was damaged requested a replacement.

   1. whose
   2. who
   3. whom
   4. where
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   Correct answer: whose

   Whose introduces possession: the badge belongs to the employee. The relative clause needs that possessive link.

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9. Complete: Your report is longer than ____.

   1. mine
   2. my
   3. me
   4. myself
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   Correct answer: mine

   Mine replaces my report and makes the comparison between reports. The other choices do not represent that possessive noun phrase.

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10. Complete: These folders are ____, not the supplier’s.

    1. our
    2. us
    3. ourselves
    4. ours
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    Correct answer: ours

    The sentence needs an independent possessive pronoun after are. Ours stands alone; our requires a following noun.

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11. Complete: The office ____ the training takes place is upstairs.

    1. where
    2. who
    3. whose
    4. which
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    Correct answer: where

    Where expresses the location of the training. Which alone would leave the clause without the preposition needed to connect the place.

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12. Complete: The coordinator asked Karim and me to introduce ____.

    1. myself
    2. ourselves
    3. himself
    4. themselves
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    Correct answer: ourselves

    Karim and me form a group including the speaker. Ourselves is the reflexive pronoun matching that first-person plural group.

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13. Complete: Please confirm ____ the visitor has arrived; a yes-or-no answer is sufficient.

    1. weather
    2. whose
    3. whom
    4. whether
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    Correct answer: whether

    Whether introduces the indirect yes-or-no question. Weather refers to atmospheric conditions and is not a conjunction.

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14. Complete: The file ____ I attached contains the approved schedule.

    1. who
    2. whose
    3. where
    4. that
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    Correct answer: that

    That introduces a relative clause about a file and serves as the object of attached. The other offered pronouns do not fill that role here.

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