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1.	Which	perspective	of	grammatical	person	is	used	for	someone	being
addressed	directly	by	the	speaker?
a)	First	person
b)	Second	person
c)	Third	person
d)	Third-person	plural
	
2.	Which	of	the	following	sentences	uses	a	first-person	plural	pronoun?
a)	“John	said	that	I	should	be	more	careful	with	my	writing.”
b)	“They	are	not	happy	with	your	sales	this	quarter.”
c)	“I’m	not	sure	that	he	knows	what	they’re	doing.”
d)	“She	doesn’t	think	that	we	should	be	paying	that	much.”
	
3.	Who	or	what	would	be	represented	by	third-person	pronouns	in	a	sentence?
a)	A	person	or	thing	who	is	not	being	directly	addressed	by	someone
b)	A	person	or	thing	who	is	being	directly	addressed	by	someone
c)	A	person	who	is	directly	addressing	someone	or	something
d)	A	person	who	is	speaking	about	someone	or	something	who	is	not	present
	
4.	Which	perspective	(or	perspectives)	of	grammatical	person	are	being	used	in
the	following	sentence?
“When	we	were	young,	my	father	often	told	us	that	he	didn’t	have	as	many
luxuries	growing	up.”
a)	First	person
b)	Second	person
c)	Third	person
d)	Both	first	and	third	person
e)	Both	second	and	third	person
f)	First,	second,	and	third	person
Personal	Pronouns	-	Gender
Definition
Modern	English	is	largely	an	ungendered	language.	Whereas	other	languages
might	have	masculine	and	feminine	forms	for	nouns	depending	on	the	verbs,