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• Grammar: Pronouns Rosa Parks

During the 1950s (1)______ of the southern states in the U.S.A. were known for (2)_______ separation of the races. White and black people did not mingle with (3)________ (4)_________ was called segregation, and (5) ________was the law in (6) ________states. For example, (7)_______ black student had to go to (8)________ all-black school, even if (9)________ school was closer. When (10) __________black rider boarded a bus, by law (11)______ had to take the seat (12)______ was farthest in the back. And if black riders found (13)______ sitting, (14) _________of them was expected to give (15) ________seat away to (16) _______white person standing. Public transportation was the cheapest way to get around town, but the emotional price (17) _______black Americans had to pay was (18) ________small matter.

Rosa Parks, (19)________husband was a barber, was an everyday person, just like (20)_________. (21)_________ worked as a seamstress (22)_________ and went to work by bus (23) __________day. But in the fall of 1955 she was tired of (24) __________cruel bus drivers and segregation laws (25) ________did not make (26)_________sense. So she decided that (27)________ had to change. (28)__________ happened in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 1, 1955? - After work Mrs. Parks boarded a bus to ride home. (29) __________was a seat available in the middle of the bus, and she sat in (30)_______. As (31)________ riders boarded, the white bus driver ordered (32)________ to give (33) __________seat to a white man (34) __________was standing. Mrs. Parks ignored the driver and kept (35)_________ seat. The bus driver had (36) ____________arrested. Rosa Parks was convicted and fined ten dollars plus court fees. When the incident became public, (37) __________black women took action. (38) ___________asked civic leaders to help organize a boycott against the bus company. (39) _________of the ministers to answer (40) _________call was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Under (41) ____________leadership (42) _________of the blacks rode Montgomery city buses for a year. Instead, (43) __________formed car pools with neighbors or rode in taxis (44) ___________charged less than regular taxes, (45) ___________made it possible for (46)____________ to continue the boycott. Black citizens demanded to be seated on a first-come, first-served basis. Dr. King presented the demands to city leaders, (47) _______________did not take (48) ______________action. So the case was taken to the highest court in the United States. The Supreme Court ruled that segregation on Alabama buses was unconstitutional. (49)_____________happened in the end belongs to the history of the civil rights movement. In December 1956 the black citizens of Mont- gomery rode the city buses once again. And this time, they sat (50)____________ they pleased!

Underline the right alternative.

1. most / the most
2. its / their
3. the others / one another
4. This / These
5. there / it
6. their / these
7. every / all
8. some / one
9. other / another
10. every / any
11. he or she / some of them
12. who / which
13. them / themselves
14. every one / everybody
15. its / their
16. every / any
17. which / what
18. any / no
19. of whom / whose
20. she / you
21. She / This
22. herself / himself
23. all/every
24. all/every
25. who / that
26. any / no
27. somebody / something
28. Which / What
29. There / It
30. one / it
31. all/other
32. she / her
33. her / herself
34. who / which
35. his / her
36. both / her
37. any / some
38. Who / They
39. Some / One
40. them / their
41. their / his
42. nobody / none
43. themselves / they
44. who / that
45. what / which
46. them / themselves
47. who / which
48. any / no
49. What / Which
50. where ever / wherever