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.

Q: sentence: Look ! There are minnows swimming right below those ducks ! They had better get away to safety fast !pronoun: They. A) the minnows B) the ducks

A: the minnows
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Q: 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 cooler .pronoun: it. A) the canine B) the spot under bush

A: the spot under bush
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Q: sentence: we had hoped to place copies of our pamphlet on all the seats in the auditorium , but there were simply too many of them .pronoun: them. A) copies of the pamphlet B) seats

A:
seats
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