English · Exam Skills and Methodology
Reference-word resolution (it/they/that/which/this)
Find exactly what it, they, that, which and this point back to
6 minutes
The academic content is in Arabic, as at the BAC and as in the app.
What the syllabus expects from you
- Identifying what a pronoun or connector (it/they/that/which/this) refers back to in the text
The method
- Read backward from the reference word to the nearest matching noun/idea, then check number/gender agreement
The common mistakes
- Picking the nearest noun by proximity instead of by actual referent
- Ignoring number agreement (they→plural antecedent)
The kind of exercise that comes up at the BAC
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Reference-word block easy
3 underlined reference words in the text → state what each refers to
From the lesson
Read this short story closely. One small word near the end is doing a big job.
The vocabulary
- refer to (يشير إلى)
- antecedent (المرجع)