Dislocation and Resumptive Pronouns in Spoken Discourse —
Forms in Context.

Question 1

In conversation: Those two trainees, _____ have already finished the safety course.

Options: them, they, their

Question 2

In conversation: The new technician, we have not introduced _____ to the rest of the team yet. The technician is a man.

Options: he, his, him

Question 3

In conversation: Those revised estimates, the board still has reservations about _____.

Options: them, they, their

Question 4

In conversation: My aunt, _____ workshop has just won a design award.

Options: she, hers, her

Question 5

A speaker uses a right-dislocated tail to name the plural referent of the object pronoun: I have finally labelled _____, all those spare keys.

Options: their, them, they

Question 6

In the spoken sentence The assistant who handles bookings, she is away today, the subject of is away is _____.

Options: she, bookings, the assistant who handles bookings

Question 7

Compare The delivery van needs fuel with The delivery van, it needs fuel. Only the second contains _____.

Options: a detached topic linked to a clause object, a detached topic linked to a clause subject, a noun phrase functioning directly as the subject of needs

Question 8

In That invoice, I have already paid it, the construction is _____; in That invoice, I have already paid, it is _____.

Options: object fronting, right dislocation, left dislocation

Question 9

In That training centre, the evening classes are excellent, the connection between the initial topic and the clause is _____.

Options: supplied by a subject pronoun referring to the centre, inferred rather than supplied by a pronoun referring to the centre, supplied by an object pronoun referring to the centre

Question 10

In the conversational pattern Me, I would ask for a receipt, me functions as _____.

Options: the object of ask, the subject of would ask, a detached topic

Question 11

For standard edited English, select the relative-clause version without an extra resumptive object: _____

Options: This is the consultant whom we hired last month., This is the consultant whom we hired him last month., This is the consultant whom we hired he last month.

Question 12

Edit This inspection, we cannot postpone it again into one neutral, integrated clause, retaining the inspection as the object: _____

Options: We cannot postpone it this inspection again., We cannot postpone this inspection again., This inspection we cannot postpone it again.