The vague pronoun 'them' in the sentence most likely refers to 'the students'. Additionally, the subjects and intransitive verbs were identified for each of the provided review question sentences, with optional adverbials noted where present.
Understanding Vague Pronoun References
The sentence in question is: The students went to the museum with Joe West's friends. I asked them to buy me a souvenir from the gift shop. In this sentence, the word in bold, 'them,' could potentially refer to 'the students', 'Joe West', or 'Joe West's friends'. However, it most likely refers to 'the students', as they are the main subject of the sentence, and the action of buying a souvenir from the gift shop would typically follow the activity of going to the museum.
Next, for the review questions sentences:
- Subject: We, Intransitive Verb: went, Adverbial: to the bowling alley on Friday.
- Subject: Mr. Billingsworth, Intransitive Verb: laughed, Adverbial: at the antics of the class clown.
- Subject: The ambassadors, Intransitive Verb: arrived, Adverbial: from Albania.