Which sentence is written correctly? “She gave the books to them after class”
Use Standard Grammar, Usage, and Spelling to Edit · TELPAS Grade 3 writing. The correct answer, and the reasoning behind it.
Reporting category 2: find and fix an error in a short text. On the real test some of these are typed answers or sentence rewrites. Here they are multiple choice so they can be checked.
The question
Choose the best answer.
Which sentence is written correctly?
- Them are my favorite shoes.
- Her and Ali sat together at lunch.
- The teacher gave we a sticker.
- She gave the books to them after class.Correct answer
Why “She gave the books to them after class.” is correct
This item tests pronouns. Subject pronouns (I, he, she, we, they) do the action, and object pronouns (me, him, her, us, them) receive it. Only the correct sentence uses each kind in the right place: she does the giving, and the books go to them.
Why the other answers are wrong
- Them are my favorite shoes. — Them is an object pronoun; the sentence needs These or They.
- Her and Ali sat together at lunch. — The subject needs She, not Her: “She and Ali sat together.”
- The teacher gave we a sticker. — After gave, the sentence needs the object pronoun us, not we.
Practice more of this
More writing practice for Grade 3, or see the TELPAS practice test for 3rd grade.
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