Pronouns that complete the sentence

Question

The telephone rang and rang, but no one came to answer.

1. It

2. That

3. Them

4. Her

Answer 1

The pronoun has to match the antecedent (the noun it is replacing). Since you are replacing the noun 'telephone', and since a telephone is a singular object, the pronoun is 'it.'

Answer 2

Hi Jessica,

You don't actually need a pronoun to complete that sentence, but if you must, as your tutor I would ask you:

1) What noun in the sentence is the pronoun replacing? (Remember, pronouns stand in the place of a noun).

2) Which pronoun, of the choices given, matches the noun you answered in #1?

Good luck! For academic honesty, tutors cannot give you the answers to test or assignment questions, but we can guide/tutor you towards finding it yourself with grammar rules and sentence structure help.

Best,

Alisa D.