Read the sentences. Because he did not hear his alarm, Ronnie was running late for the race. He dashed out the door hoping to arrive in time as it was going to start soon. The underlined pronoun in the sentence replaces the noun "door." "alarm." "Ronnie."

The sentences have been rewritten with each pronoun's intended meaning in brackets.

Because he [Ronnie] did not hear his alarm, Ronnie was running late for the race. He [Ronnie] dashed out the door hoping to arrive in time as it [the race] was going to start soon.