Quizzes labeled "Practice Exercise" or "Additional Practice" are taken

from the ancillary materials for Sentence Sense: A Writer's Guide, by

Evelyn Farbman, and are used by the Guide for Grammar and
Writingwith the kind permission of the book's author and the publisher,
Houghton Mifflin.

1. Be sure that everyone brings ____________ own book.

HIS OR HER
THEIR

2. If anyone calls, tell ____________ that I'll be back in half an hour.

HIM OR HER
THEM

3. Joe and ____________ have been close friends for many years.
ME
I

4. Did you see Derek and ____________ at the game?

HER
SHE

5. Between you and ____________ , this politician cannot be trusted.

ME
I

6. Each person in the room turned ____________ head to the front when the
teacher entered.
THEIR
HIS

7. We know that we can count on James, Anne, and ____________ .

HER
SHE

8. Rhonda explained that ____________ and her sister had often eaten at that
restaurant.
 HER
SHE

9. Most of the workers were wearing ____________ hard hats.

HIS OR HER
THEIR

10. It's always best for a student to ask questions when ____________ doesn't
understand a problem.
SHE
THEY

11. The children in that neighborhood often ride ____________ bikes through
the park.
HIS OR HER
THEIR

12. The local government plans to cut ____________ budget for recreation.
ITS
THEIR

13. When I meet new people, I'm usually curious about ____________
occupations.
THEIR
HIS OR HER

14. Everyone who purchased one of the paintings ____________ pleased.

WERE
WAS

15. Few of the suggestions ____________ reasonable to me.

SOUND
SOUNDS
16. Christopher and ____________ want to travel to the Far East some day.
I
ME

17. The cost of the repairs shocked both my brother and ____________ .
I
ME

18. Most of the congestion on the highway ____________ caused by an

overturned truck.
WERE
WAS

19. To Maria and ____________ , the movie seemed very silly.

HINT: Are you looking for a subject or the object of a preposition here?
HER
SHE

20. Both of the bicycles in the garage ____________ broken.

IS
ARE