Question

Choose the sentence in which the italicized pronoun agrees in number with its italicized antecedent or antecedents. A. The waiter refilled their glasses as they emptied it. B. Mary and Jill won't eat her vegetables. C. The boys want their dessert now. D. Maureen called the children for his meal.

Answer 1

The right answer is C) The boys want their desert now. In all of the other possible answers to this question, the pronoun and its antecedent or antecedents differ in whether they are singular or plural, and do therefore not agree in number as specified by the question.

Answer 2

The correct answer is C. The boys want their dessert now.

An antecedent is the word which precedes the pronoun which comes after it. A is incorrect because the antecedent is found after the pronoun, and therefore is not an antecedent (ante means before). B is incorrect because the pronoun is wrong - it should be their. D is incorrect because the pronoun is also wrong - it should be their.

Therefore, the correct answer is C because pronoun (their) agrees with the antecedent (the boys).