Practice Flashcards: PSAT Writing — pronouns, modifiers and matching forms | Zestly

Question 1

Pronoun-antecedent agreement

Accepted Answer

A pronoun must match its antecedent in number (singular or plural) and gender.

Question 2

Indefinite pronouns

Accepted Answer

Indefinite pronouns like 'each', 'everyone', and 'everybody' are singular and require singular pronouns.

Question 3

Who vs. Whom

Accepted Answer

Use 'who' as a subject and 'whom' as an object. Test by replacing with 'he' (who) or 'him' (whom).

Question 4

Compound object case

Question 5

Dangling modifier

Question 6

Fixing a dangling modifier

Question 7

Placement of 'only'

Question 8

Parallel structure

Question 9

Correlative conjunctions

Question 10

Collective nouns

Question 11

Prepositional case