Activity: Consistent Point of View
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| Course: | ENGL000: Pre-College English |
| Book: | Activity: Consistent Point of View |
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| Date: | Thursday, 24 April 2025, 1:29 AM |
Description
Read about a third consistency issue and get some practice by doing the activity. Compare your responses to the answer key.
Using a Consistent Point of View
Lastly, when it comes to consistency, we must be consistent with our point of view (expressed through the pronouns that we use). Pronouns are non-specific nouns that refer to specific nouns – we use them to avoid repetition in our writing – see chapter seventeen for more about pronouns. In particular, we need to stick with the same point of view – with pronouns this is called "person" – 1st person, 2nd person, and 3rd person.
Pronoun Chart
Subject Pronouns:
|
Singular |
Plural |
|
|
1st person: |
I |
we |
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2nd person: |
you |
you |
|
3rd person: |
he/she/it |
they |
Object Pronouns:
|
Singular |
Plural |
|
|
1st person: |
me |
us |
|
2nd person: |
you |
you |
|
3rd person: |
him/her/it |
them |
Possessive Pronouns:
|
Singular |
Plural |
|
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1st person: |
my/mine |
our |
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2nd person: |
your |
your |
|
3rd person: |
his/her/its |
their |
Inconsistent: We never go to The Gilded Truffle restaurant anymore because you have to wait for over an hour to be seated.
Consistent: We never go to The Gilded Truffle restaurant anymore because we have to wait for over an hour to be seated.
Source: Erin Severs
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Using a Consistent Point of View Activity
Read the following groups of sentences to find the pronoun/s that are not consistent with the point of view. After you find the pronoun/s, rewrite the sentence correcting the inconsistency.
- I always read over my notes before class because one can never tell when there might be a quiz.
- When I get ready in the morning, I have to hit the snooze button at least twice before you can fully wake up and roll out of bed.
- I enjoy movies like The House of Wax that frighten you.
- This summer, I worked for my city's Waste Management department, a job where you learned a lot about how to handle the garbage produced by a large population.
- Our time in Chicago was limited, so we decided to skip the Natural History Museum because you would need to spend an entire day for a worthwhile visit.
Answer Key
- I always read over my notes before class because I can never tell when there might be a quiz.
- When I get ready in the morning, I have to hit the snooze button at least twice before I can fully wake up and roll out of bed.
- I enjoy movies like The House of Wax that frighten me.
- This summer, I worked for my city's Waste Management department, a job where I learned a lot about how to handle the garbage produced by a large population.
- Our time in Chicago was limited, so we decided to skip the Natural History Museum because we would need to spend an entire day for a worthwhile visit.