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SKILL 5: FIND PRONOUN REFERENCES

In a pronoun reference question, it is important to understand that a noun is generally used first in a passage, and the pronoun that refers to it comes after. Whenever you are asked which noun or pronoun refers to, you should look beforethe pronoun to find the noun.

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Example:

The passage :
Line
(5) 
(10)
Carnivorous plants, such as the sundew and the Venus-flytrap, are generally found in humid areas where there is an inadequate supply of nitrogen in the soil. In order to survive, these plantshave developed mechanisms to trap insects within their foliage. They have digestive fluids to obtain the necessary nitrogen from the insects. These plants trap the insects in a variety of ways. The sundew has sticky hairs on its leaves; when an insect lands on these leaves, it gets caught up in the sticky hairs, and the leaf wraps itself around the insect. The leaves of the Venus-flytrap function more like a trap, snapping suddenly and forcefully shut around an insect.
  The question:
 
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
The pronoun They in line 5 refers to
Humid areas.
These plants.
Insects.
Digestive fluids.
The answer :


This question asks about the referent for the pronoun they. To answer this question, you should look before the pronoun they for plural nouns that the pronoun could refer to.

For more information watch the video:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBGshXGJozE

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