在這幾類代詞中如：人稱代詞(I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they及其賓格);物主代詞(my, your, his, her, its及其復數，mine, yours, his, hers, its及其復數);指示代詞(this, that, these, those)對考試的影響比較大。這些詞很小，在聽題或者做題過程中都非常容易被忽略，而考生如果沒有弄清楚代詞的指代，理解上一定會有出入，導致做題出錯。
　　很多考生做題的準確率低都跟審題不到位有關系，看了題卻沒真正看懂，或者沒有記住題目說了什么，等做題時邊聽邊看把握不好平衡就容易出錯。分析認為，不注意代詞就是審題不到位的一種表現。
　　例1：劍5 Test 1 Section 4 Question
　　31. According to George Bernard Shaw, men are supposed to understand __politics___, economics and finance.
　　32. However, women are more prepared to _______ about them.
　　在審題時非常容易預測到32題需要填的是一個動詞原形，根據31和32兩題之間however的轉折關系以及上下句分述男女的不同情況，可以想到them指代的為31題中提到的politics, economics and finance。原文：……unwilling to accept essential instruction. He also said, A woman, having fewer pretensions, is far more willing to learn. 原文兩句話都是作家George Bernard Shaw提出的有關男女對政治經濟的不同對待態度，根據這層關系及詞性，learn為最終答案。
　　專家提醒廣大考生，在做選擇題時要特別注意問題和選項之間的結合，千萬不能利用問題定位完之后就拋開問題信息只判斷選項正確與否。選項本身對了不代表選項是正確的，如果和問題沒有正確的邏輯關系依然是錯誤的選項。
　　例2：劍8 Test 2 Section 3
　　Question 22. A problem with Asian honey bees is that they
　　A. attack native bees
　　B. carry parasites
　　C. damage crops
　　問題中的they指代Asian honey bees, 即三個選項的主體。原文有點復雜，定位點聽到后就需要對代詞進行判斷：What’s wrong with Asian Honey Bees(定位點)? Are they (Asian Honey Bees) so different from Australian bees? Well, in fact, they (Asian Honey Bees) look almost the same, but they (Asian Honey Bees) are infested with mites—microscopic creatures which live on them (Asian Honey Bees), and which (mites) can seriously damage our own home-grown bees, or could wipe them out. 很多考生常常因為聽到damage而錯選了A選項，damage的主體其實是mites而不是Asian Honey Bees, 因此不成立;如果錯選了C選項，則是沒有注意到crops完全沒有出現，這種錯誤更不應該。如果這兩個選項能夠成功排除，那么即便parasite(寄生蟲)不認識也可以選出B選項。
　　同理Question 23. What point is made about Australian bees?
　　A. Their honey varies in quality.
　　B. Their size stops them from pollinating some flowers.
　　C. They are sold to customers abroad.
　　選項中的their和they都是指Australian bees。原文中：Australia exports native Queen bees to a large number of countries because of this. 該句是正確選項C的對應點，但是考生可能由于對export和sold abroad的同義轉換不敏感而忽略該信息。而B選項對應的句子when the European Honey Bee was first discovered out in the bush……and they (European Honey Bee) were also too big to pollinate many of our native flowers here in Australia中出現了和選項中一樣的單詞，干擾性比較強，但主體是European Honey Bee, 和原文不符。
　　從以上例子看來，審題時理解到代詞的指代意義是非常重要的，當然更重要的是在聽題的時候也能夠理解代詞的指代。
　　例3：劍4 Test 2 Section 2
　　Question 12. Stress may be caused by
　　Question 13. International students may find stress difficult to handle because
　　這兩道連續的選擇題都是和stress相關的，因此在第一題的內容講完后，原文中說道：you have to cope with all this without your usual social network. 該句話和Question 13的題干同義轉換：international students轉換為you, stress轉換為this, handle轉換為cope with, 由于定位名詞stress轉換成了this不容易被發現，所以考生很容易在定位上出現問題。
　　例4：劍5 Test 4 Section 4 Question 37-40, 這是一道典型的以代詞來判斷答案的題目，如果在聽的時候注意不到代詞的指向，會覺得題目講得特別快，很難選擇。如：
　　Question 38. advising on bibliography presentation _________
　　原文：Your tutors will tell you at the outset how to set out the chapters they (tutors) require but you will need to ask them (tutors) how they (tutors) would like you to organize the bibliography. 在該句中考生在聽的時候需要理解到they和them指的就是前面提到的tutor才能做出正確選擇，而由于語速問題，審題不全面或者整體節奏沒有跟上等等原因，很多考生都非常容易在這里出錯。
　　另外，還要提醒考生們關注的是，考生在聽每一篇文章，不論是對話還是獨白時，都可以在開頭介紹處關注一下對話的雙方或者說話者和聽話者分別是誰，這對理解或者猜題都有好處。上文例4中的international students為說話人口中的you就能體現出這一點。