Multiple choice

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others. If anyone doesn't like the song I'm singing, he or she can move to the beach.

  1. he or she can move

  2. it can move

  3. them can move

  4. his or her can move

  5. himself or herself can move
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The given sentence is correct. (2) is incorrect because we do not use 'it' to refer to living things. (3) is incorrect because an objective pronoun cannot be used as a subjective pronoun. (4) is incorrect because possessive pronouns' usage is wrong in this case. (5) is incorrect because of wrong usage of reflexive pronouns.

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