A pronoun question tests whether you can match a pronoun to the noun it stands for when the blank comes before a verb. Sort the choices into one thing or more than one, then ask what the words after the blank describe. Read back for that noun, even across other nouns. The pronoun must match the noun in number. It must also be a subject form, which names who or what the verb describes.
Hints
- Hint 1
Read the words after the blank and ask what became a summer tradition.
- Hint 2
Trace those words back to the noun in the first part of the sentence. Is that noun one thing or more than one?
Step-by-step
Find what became a tradition
Step 1Sort by number
Sort the pronouns by number: they, them, and those stand for more than one thing, while a singular pronoun stands for one thing. What will decide which number we need? The words quickly became a beloved summer tradition describe what the pronoun stands for, so look for what became the tradition.
- Step 2
Find the noun
The association hosted its first outdoor film night, which gives us a host and an event. Which one became a summer tradition? The film night did: the association held the event, and that event became something people loved. The noun is one film night, even though the association is a group and the planning took several months.
- Step 3
Match number and form
Use a singular subject pronoun, the form that names one thing the verb describes, before quickly became a beloved summer tradition. It does both jobs: it stands for one film night and serves as the subject of became. Choice B.