TASK DEFINITION: In each example you will read a short sentence (or two). Then, a pronoun in the text is mentioned. Your task is to choose a referent which the mentioned pronoun refers to. You will be given two options in each case and one choice should seem much more likely to you than the other.
PROBLEM: sentence: Look ! There are sharks swimming right below those ducks ! They had better get away to safety fast !pronoun: They. A) the sharks B) the ducks

SOLUTION: the ducks

PROBLEM: sentence: the board of aldermen refused the protesters a permit because they advocated violence .pronoun: they. A) the board of aldermen B) the protesters

SOLUTION: the protesters

PROBLEM: sentence: dan paid for justin's college education . he is very generous .pronoun: he. A) dan B) justin

SOLUTION:
dan