Final Grammar Revision

1. The tourists couldn’t find the museum or the hotel, and these ruined their trip.
What is the best way to revise the sentence to eliminate the vague pronoun?

• The tourists couldn’t find the museum or the hotel, and this ruined their trip.
  
  
  

• The tourists couldn’t find the museum or the hotel, which was upsetting.

• The tourists couldn’t find the museum or the hotel, and that ruined everything.

• The tourists couldn’t find the museum or the hotel, and the confusion ruined their trip.

2. Dad forgot to buy flour; because of this, he couldn’t make pancakes.
What is the clearest revision of this sentence?

• Dad forgot to buy flour; this meant pancakes weren’t made.

• Dad forgot to buy flour, because of this mistake he couldn’t make pancakes

• Because of forgetting, no pancakes happened.

• The flour wasn’t bought, which made it impossible.

3. By the time we reached the parking lot, they said it was full.
Which revision best removes the vague pronoun?

• By the time we reached the parking lot, full it was said to be.

• By the time we reached the parking lot, the attendants said it was full.

• By the time we reached the parking lot, someone said so.

• When we got to the parking lot, people were there.

4. I didn’t like the art exhibit because they seemed too abstract and hard to understand.
Which revision clarifies the vague pronoun "they"?

• I didn’t like the art exhibit because it seemed confusing.

• I didn’t like the art exhibit because of how it was.

• I didn’t like the art exhibit because the paintings seemed too abstract and hard to understand

• I didn’t like the art exhibit because it wasn’t good.

5. Louise revised her draft several times, which resulted in a polished essay.
Choose the best revision:

• Louise revised her draft several times, and the result was good.

• Louise revised her draft several times, and her effort resulted in a polished essay.

• Louise did many revisions, and this was better.

• Louise wrote the draft many times, making it good.

6. The computers are still broken, which is frustrating.
Select the clearest sentence:

• The computers are still broken, so this is frustrating.

• The computers are still broken, a situation that is frustrating.

• The computers are frustrating and broken.

• Broken computers are frustrating because they are broken.

7. When the market closed, they complained to the manager.
Who is "they"? Choose the best revision:

• When the market closed, it was not fun.

• When the market closed, everyone got mad.

• When the market closed, several customers complained to the manager

• When the market closed, complaints happened.

8. The chef picked produce from his garden, and these improved the dinner.
Which version clarifies the vague pronoun "these"?

• The chef picked produce from his garden, and the fresh ingredients improved the dinner.

• The chef picked produce from his garden, and that was good.

• The chef picked produce, and it helped.

• The dinner was better because of that.

9. To complete the class project, you will have to work after school this week.
Which revision avoids the vague "you"?

• If someone wants to finish the project, they must stay.

• To complete the class project, students will have to work after school this week.

• After-school time is for working.

• To finish the project, time must be used.

10. On the can, it didn’t list all the ingredients.
Choose the clearest sentence:

• The can didn’t show all the ingredients.

• Not all ingredients were listed on it.

• The label on the can didn’t list all the ingredients.

• The list was missing on the can.