Agreement
I/Me Thing
Case and Ambiguity
A Category Full of Riddles
(That You Shouldn't Be Picking)
A Logic Testing Category
(Go In Order)
(Except You Shouldn't Pick This Category)
100
Find the pronoun! His cat is bad.
His
100
Or I and me, which is the object pronoun and which is the subject pronoun?
Me Object Pronoun I Subject Pronoun
100
Explain the error in this sentence: After a calm and cool discussion, Italy told France that the territory belonged to it.
Which country does the territory belong to? You don't really know which country was just replaced.
100
If a chicken says, "All chickens are liars" is the chicken telling the truth?
Chickens can't talk.
100
How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?
Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe and close the door.
200
Name the pronoun that agrees with: either, each, and everyone.
Is; all of these nouns are singular.
200
Choose the correct sentence: 1. I heard the teacher talking about him and me. 2. I heard the teacher talking about him and I.
Sentence 1 is correct.
200
Find the error in this phrase: While at the library checking out a book, I ran into an old friend. He and I talked for several minutes and he said that it was great to see me again.
No Error! Tricked You!
200
A black dog stands in the middle of an intersection in a town painted black. None of the street lights are working due to a power failure caused by a local storm. A car with two broken headlights drives towards the dog but turns in time to avoid hitting him. How could the driver have seen the dog in time?
Lucky for the dog it happened to by daytime.
200
How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?
Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe, put in the elephant and close the door.
300
Is there an error in this sentence: Everyone ducked as a baseball flew over their heads?
Yes, there is an error. Everyone is a singular noun, however, their is a plural pronoun.
300
Find the error: Hey! You should come with Sam and I to the park! We're going to have a great time! After all, you and I went to the movies last weekend. It's time for someone else to have fun with I.
The First and the Third "I"s need to change to "Me".
300
Match these pronouns with their case (subjective or objective): I, him, it, and who.
I Subjective Him Objective It Subjective OR Objective Who Subjective
300
If a daddy bull weighs 1,200 pounds and eats twelve bales of hay each day, and a baby bull, who weighs 300 pounds eats three bales of hay each day, how much hay then should a mommy bull eat if she weighs 800 pounds?
There's no such thing as a mommy bull...
300
There is a huge animal conference. All the animals attend except one. Which animal does not attend?
The Elephant. The Elephant is in the refrigerator.
400
What is the appropriate pronoun for "none", singular or plural?
Although "none" can be singular or plural, the ETS (Educational Testing Service) prefers to consider it singular.
400
Find the error: If we travel to Venus, then I'll end up missing the carnival, and that is something I can not do. I've already promised Charlie that he and I will go to the tiger show. It looks like you'll have to go on your expedition with Tom instead of me.
No error.
400
Choose the correct pronoun for this sentence: The letter was addressed to Mary and ___? (I or me)
Me would be the correct pronoun as Mary and you are objects in this sentence, not subjects.
400
A hunter aimed his gun carefully and fired. Seconds later, he realized his mistake. Minutes later, he was dead.
He shot an elephant with a low caliber rifle. Not powerful enough to kill it, the elephant became enraged and trampled him.
400
There is a river you must cross. But crocodiles live in it! How do you manage it?
You swim across. All the Crocodiles are attending the Animal Meeting.
500
Find the incorrect sentence (according to the ETS): None of you claims responsibility for this incident? One of the girls gave up her seat. All of the people clapped their hands.
Sentence number one is incorrect.
500
Find the CORRECT sentence: 1. Would you explain that to John and I? 2. Leave the decision to Laura and I. 3. The group consists of Frank, John, and I. 4. It’s just between you and me.
Sentence 4 is the correct sentence here.
500
Identify the ambiguous sentences or phrases: 1. Don't kill your wife with work. Do it with electricity! 2. As the common cold is ever-changing, it is doubtful that scientists will ever be able to find a cure for it. 3.The puppy has bitten my son twice, and each time, he has been sent to his kennel.
Numbers 1 and 3 are ambiguous in their pronoun usage.
500
A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?
The third room, the lions would all be dead.
500
Through cunning use of Pythagoras' Theorem, prove that aliens do not exist.
Assume aliens exist Then given that there are at least two intelligent races in the universe, humanity is not a unique event and there must be an infinite number of intelligent species in the infinite universe. At least one of these races must have discovered Pythagoras' theorem before Pythagoras. If that was the case then the theorem would have been named after the alien discoverer. BUT the theorem is known as Pythagoras' theorem which is a contradiction. Thus aliens do not exist. QED
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