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: cosmo is the only man alive who still remembers my old man as an infant . when cosmo first saw my old man , he was twelve months old .pronoun: he. A) cosmo B) my old man

SOLUTION: my old man

PROBLEM: sentence: I saw Jim and Bob yelling at some guys in military uniform with huge red beards . I don't know why they were , but they looked very unhappy .pronoun: they. A) jim and bob B) the guys in uniform

SOLUTION: jim and bob

PROBLEM: sentence: it was a summer afternoon , and the canine was sitting in the middle of the lawn . after a while , it got up and moved to a spot under the bush , because it was hot .pronoun: it. A) the canine B) the spot under bush

SOLUTION:
the canine