1. 13 Quiz: Influential People 5 1. Which sentence has an inappropriate shift in person?

A. I like going to cooking class because I get to try new, unfamiliar dishes.

B. When my dad was young, children spent more time outside than they do today.

C. They were unhappy about the new rule, but they agreed to follow it.

D. When I visited my aunt's farm, you could hear crickets chirping at night.

2. Which sentence has an inappropriate shift in person?

A. I like going to cooking class because I get to try new, unfamiliar dishes.

B. When my dad was young, children spent more time outside than they do today.

C. They were unhappy about the new rule, but they agreed to follow it.

D. When I visited my aunt's farm, you could hear crickets chirping at night.

3. Read the sentence containing a pronoun shift error.

I love going to the beach, where you can find hundreds of seashells.

Which sentence corrects the error?

A. I love going to the beach, where I can find hundreds of seashells.

B. I love going to the beach, where she can find hundreds of seashells.

C. I love going to the beach, where they can find hundreds of seashells.

D. I love going to the beach, where we can find hundreds of seashells.

4. Read the sentence containing a pronoun shift error.

When my dad was a kid, you played outside until the street lights came on.

Which sentence corrects the error?

A. When my dad was a kid, we played outside until the street lights came on.

B. When my dad was a kid, I played outside until the street lights came on.

C. When my dad was a kid, he played outside until the street lights came on.

D. When my dad was a kid, they played outside until the street lights came on.

5. Read the sentence containing a pronoun shift error.

When a baseball player practices, they go to the batting cage everyday.

Which sentence corrects the error?

A. When a baseball player practices, he goes to the batting cage everyday.

B. When a baseball player practices, you go to the batting cage everyday.

C. When a baseball player practices, we go to the batting cage everyday.

D. When a baseball player practices, it goes to the batting cage everyday.

25 points for answering.