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    This document contains exercises about pronouns and their referents in passages about running and the Boston Marathon. Exercise 1 has 6 sentences with underlined pronouns and asks the reader to circle the referent. Exercise 2 contains a passage about the Boston Marathon with underlined pronouns and asks the reader to write the pronouns and referents. Exercise 3 contains a sentence with underlined pronouns asking the reader to identify their referents. Exercise 5 contains 5 sentences with underlined pronouns asking the reader to circle the referents.

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    This document contains exercises about pronouns and their referents in passages about running and the Boston Marathon. Exercise 1 has 6 sentences with underlined pronouns and asks the reader to circle the referent. Exercise 2 contains a passage about the Boston Marathon with underlined pronouns and asks the reader to write the pronouns and referents. Exercise 3 contains a sentence with underlined pronouns asking the reader to identify their referents. Exercise 5 contains 5 sentences with underlined pronouns asking the reader to circle the referents.

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    This document contains exercises about pronouns and their referents in passages about running and the Boston Marathon. Exercise 1 has 6 sentences with underlined pronouns and asks the reader to circle the referent. Exercise 2 contains a passage about the Boston Marathon with underlined pronouns and asks the reader to write the pronouns and referents. Exercise 3 contains a sentence with underlined pronouns asking the reader to identify their referents. Exercise 5 contains 5 sentences with underlined pronouns asking the reader to circle the referents.

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    Unit 3

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    INGLÉS BÁSICO
    FINANCE TECHNOLOGY

    Facultad de Artes y Humanidades

    Departamento de Lenguas Extranjeras

    Docente: José Fernando Vargas Díaz


    ➢ Exercise 1: In these sentences, the pronouns are underlined. Circle the
    referent.

    1. Running is not a new sport. People are doing it since hundred years ago.

    2. Runners know that a good diet is important. They eat very healthy food,
    especially before a race.

    3. Every year, there are many long races in many parts of the world. Sports fans
    watch them on television.

    4. The Boston race is called the Boston Marathon. This is one of the oldest races
    in the United States.

    5. In some races, the winners get large amounts of money. But for almost 100
    years, they got no money at all in the Boston race.

    6. In 1985, more than 6.000 people ran in the Boston Marathon. They came from
    all over the world.

    ➢ Exercise 2: In this passage, the pronouns are underlined. Write them and
    their referents on the lines below.

    The Boston Marathon


    Every year, in the middle of April, thousands of people go to Boston. They go to

    run the Boston Marathon. This is one of the oldest races in the United States. It

    began in 1897.

    Each year, more runners join the Boston Marathon. They come from every part of

    the world. In 1984, 6.164 runners from 34 different countries ran in the Marathon.

    About 5.290 of them finished it.

    The Boston race is 42 kilometers long. It is one of the longest races. The runners

    go through thirteen towns during the race. It ends in the center of Boston. Crowds

    of people watch them as they go through the towns. They clap their hands and

    cheer for them.


    Pronoun Referent Pronoun Referent

    ➢ Exercise 3:

    It is not easy to be the mayor of a large American city. Many people need homes
    and jobs. The buildings and streets need to be fixed. The schools are old too. The
    streets are dangerous at night because of crime. These are big problems, and the
    mayor must work on all of them.

    The underlined pronouns these and them refer to:


    _________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________

    ➢ Exercise 5: In these passages, the pronouns are underlined. Circle the


    referents.

    1. Running on a very hot day can be dangerous. It can cause serious illness.

    2. Runners often wear special shoes, socks, shorts and shirts. These are all
    important, but runners agree that shoes are the most important.

    3. If you go to central Park, you will see joggers, dogs and bicyclists. They are all
    part of life in the park.

    4. The pilot of a balloon can control its altitude. He can raise and lower the balloon
    to find a good wind direction. That is how a good pilot can control where the
    balloon goes.

    5. The wind of a tornado is strong. No one knows exactly how fast the wind is in
    the center. The wind always breaks the machines used for measuring it!

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