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singular plural
Sarita went to the post office, but they were already closed.

Corrected:

singular singular

Sarita went to the post office, but it was already closed.

Error in Pronoun Agreement:

plural singular
Travis ate the cookies even though he knew it wasn’t good for

him.

Corrected:

plural plural
Travis ate the cookies even though he knew they weren’t good

for him.

plural reworded to eliminate

pronoun
Travis ate the cookies even though he knew eating sweets

wasn’t good for him.

Practice 18-1 Making Pronouns Agree

Underline the correct pronoun in each sentence below.