referencing

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referencing

referencing devices are used to things mentioned earlier to avoid repetition. Good writers 

🧠 "Think of three things you do with technology every day. Don’t repeat words. How do you avoid saying 'phone', 'phone', 'phone' all the time?"

When a child plays a computer game, ________ often traning _______ talent.

1. he is / his
2. she is / her
3. he-she is / his- her
4. they / their

When a user installs a new app, ______ often _______ to accept the terms.

1. he/she - needs
2. they / need
3. you / need
4. we / need

When someone upgrades ______phone, ___ often find the new model faster.

1. their / they
2. they / them
3. her / she
4. his / he

Pronouns (they/them, it, this/that/these/those)

Technology companies are continually innovating to stay ahead of the competition.______ _____that any device you buy is likely to be obsolete quite soon.

1. They mean
2. those mean
3. This means
4. These mean

We use it, this, that, they, these, those, such to refer to the things last mentioned

We use it, this and that (in the plural they, these and those) to refer to something we have already mentioned. Often more than one of them is correct in the context. However:

we use it when we are not making any emphasis:

The participants found the introduction to the experiment rather unclear. It didn't really help them understand what they had to do.

this and that are more emphatic in drawing attention to the thing just mentioned:

A new system of tagging was devised, and this gave the researchers a much better picture of the birds' migration patterns.

It would be good to experience both lifestyles if _____ were possible.

1. this
2. that
3. these
4. those

The children spent all day in front of the television and _____ 's why we decided to throw it away.

1. it
2. this
3. that

That is often used when giving reasons:

Note: we use this, that, they, these, those, such + collective noun/noun phrase to refer back to something previously mentioned:

People feel the new software is expensive and hard to navigate. Such criticisms are seriously affecting sales. (criticisms = expensive and hard to navigate)

Cloud storage has become more reliable. ___ has led many companies to abandon local servers.

1. It
2. That
3. These
4. Those

We recommended switching to two-factor authentication. ___ will be implemented next quarter.

1. That
2. It
3. These
4. This

💡 “This” is used to refer to the recent action/idea  with emphasis on what’s next.

I’ve set up the server correctly, and she has ___ as well.

1. done it
2. did
3. done so
4. do it

Apple unveiled two new AI tools. One focuses on speech recognition and ___ improves photo quality.

1. another
2. the other
3. others
4. both

She has a laptop and a tablet. ___ are synced to the cloud.

1. None
2. All
3. Both
4. Each

The cybersecurity expert introduced two solutions, but ___ were effective against ransomware.

1. neither
2. all
3. either
4. none

The engineer fixed the database issue. We’re grateful for ___ quick response.

1. their
2. his/her
3. his
4. its