PSAT Writing and Language Question 173: Answer and Explanation
Question: 173
- A. NO CHANGE
- B. They're was
- C. There was
- D. They were
Correct Answer: C
Explanation:
C
Difficulty: Easy
Category: Agreement: Idioms
Getting to the Answer: Be careful with homophones. Figure out the part of speech and what the target word refers to if it is a pronoun. "Their" is a possessive pronoun indicating ownership. "There" is a pronoun that replaces a place name. "They're" is a contraction that is short for they are. Choice (C), "There," is the correct choice.
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