select the pronoun that belongs in the underlined space.
1.___ of the people in Sri Lanka are Sinhalese,2._______are Buddhist by tradition. A smaller percentage are Tamil, of Hindu background. Civil wars have torn apart the small nation,3._____is a bloody and violent history. First Tamil guerillas attack government forces, and then the government forces push 4.______back. This back and forth fighting has gone on as long as 5._______remembers.
1.A.one
B.Most *
C.Neither
D.Each
2.whose
who's
whom *
who
3.whom
whose *
who
who's
4.him
it
they
them *
5.anyone *
several
many
they
My answers are * - will someone please check them....thank you.
2 and 3 are incorrect.
2. who 3. who's...#3 sounds wrong no matter what... Are these right now? :)
2 and 3 are now correct ... and yes, I agree -- I think #3 sounds awful even with the correct pronoun/contraction!
thank you...
No ... not even that. I don't think #3 has a correct answer in there.
It'd be better if the whole sentence read like this:
Civil wars have torn apart the small nation, whose history is bloody and violent.
... so I guess you should go ahead and use "whose."
ok...thank you
You're welcome. =)
Your answers are mostly correct. Here are the correct choices:
1. B. Most - This pronoun is used to refer to the majority of people in Sri Lanka.
2. whom - This pronoun is used as the object of the verb "are Buddhist."
3. whose - This pronoun is used to show possession, indicating that the history belongs to the small nation.
4. them - This pronoun is used as the object of the verb "push," referring to the Tamil guerillas.
5. anyone - This pronoun is used to refer to indefinite people and fits well in the context of the sentence.
So, your answers for 2, 3, 4, and 5 are correct, but the answer for 1 should be "B. Most" instead of "B. Many." Well done!