TOEFL IBT - Reference words

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Reference Questions

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Reference Questions

These questions ask you to look at a highlighted pronoun or other reference word in the passage. You are then given nouns or noun phrases, usually taken from the paragraph in the passage where the highlighted word is found. You must choose which of these words or phrases (the referent) the highlighted word refers to.

Two things to remember:- The referent amost always comes BEFORE the reference word in the passage .- The referent is NOT always the noun that is closes to the referenc word

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Reference Questions

Here are some of the reference words you might be asked about:

He, Him, His, She, Her, Hers, It, Its, They, Them, Their, Theirs

Personal Pronouns / Adjectives

Himself, Herself, Itself, Themselves

Reflexive Pronouns

Who, Whose, Whom, Which, That, Where, When

Relative Pronouns / Adverbs

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Reference Questions

Here are some of the reference words you might be asked about:

Demonstrative Pronouns / Adjectives

This, That, These, Those, This one, These ideas, Those problems

Some, Few, Any, Both Here, There Most, Many One, Ones The former, The latter

Other Reference Words

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To answer Reference Questions

Look at the passage and read the sentence in which the highlighted word appears and a few of the sentences that come before this sentence.

iIf you can't decide immediately which answer is correct, substitute each of the four choices for the highlighted reference word in the passage. Which one is the most logical substitute?

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PRACTICE

The phrase "these two locations" in the passage refers to:

the Bahamas and a few places in Michigan

the Appalachian Highlands and Brazil

Brazil and the Bahamas

Michigan and the Appalachian Highlands

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INCORRECT!

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