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: everyone really loved the brown butter bourbon spice cookies ; only a few people liked the caramel pecan cookies . next time , we should make fewer of them .pronoun: them. A) the brown butter bourbon spice cookies B) the caramel pecan cookies

SOLUTION: the caramel pecan cookies

PROBLEM: sentence: There are gaps in the walls . You can see the garden through them .pronoun: them. A) the gaps B) the walls

SOLUTION: the gaps

PROBLEM: sentence: The dogs chased the cats , which ran up a tree . They waited at the bottom .pronoun: They. A) the dogs B) the cats

SOLUTION:
the dogs