6.3: Comprehension Understanding What You Read

Exercise \(\PageIndex{1}\):

True or False

Choose True or False based on “Easier Said than Done.” If the statement is false, rewrite the sentence to make it true.

1. This article explains how to solve problems.
2. This article is about international students’ problems.
3. Fahad likes cats, but he doesn’t like dogs.
4. Mercy studies hard, but she is not passing her classes.
5. Ha feels uncomfortable because a man is following and staring at her.
6. Hiroki’s father is probably fine.
7. Hiroki decided to stay in the US.

Pronoun Reference

Pronouns take the place of nouns. Every pronoun should refer to a noun that comes before it. There are a few exceptions to this rule. The noun that the pronoun refers to is called the antecedent.

Look at these examples from the first paragraph of “Easier Said than Done.”

International students quickly learn to become problem solvers. At first, their problems may consist of things that are easily fixable like where to buy food or how to find their classes.

In the sentences above, the possessive adjective “their” refers to “international students’.”

The following students have problems that they need help solving.

In the sentence above, the subject pronoun “they” refers to “the following students.”

Exercise \(\PageIndex{2}\):

Pronoun Reference

Read back through the article. Identify and write the antecedent for the underlined and numbered pronouns.

1. He: ___________________________________
2. They: _________________________________
3. them: _________________________________
4. She: __________________________________
5. him: __________________________________
6. It: ____________________________________
7. they: __________________________________
8. him: __________________________________
9. him: __________________________________
10. he: __________________________________

Exercise \(\PageIndex{3}\):

Restate

Write one sentence to describe each character’s problem in “Easier Said than Done.”

1. Fahad _____________________________________________________________________.
2. Mercy _____________________________________________________________________.
3. Ha ________________________________________________________________________.
4. Hiroki _____________________________________________________________________.