Question

In the following sentence, what is the antecedent of the pronoun "it"?

The class decided to submit their project to the science contest, because they felt it was worthy of winning.

A.science
B.project
C.contest
D.class

Answer 1

project

Explanation:

B. it refers to the project the project is what is being submitted and the project is what is thought to be worthy of winning.
B is the correct answer.

A. Science refers to the contest. The contest can not win the contest so It can not refer to the science contest
A is wrong.

C. see above. the contest can not win the contest.
C. is wrong.

D. Class is the antecedent of they. It is the class that is submitting so Class and they are the subject of the sentences. project and it are the objects of the sentences.
D. is wrong.