Question

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

Answer 1

The answer is D. This is the only sentence where the antecedents and pronouns agree. 

Answer 2

D. The boys want their dessert now.

Step-by-step explanation:

Letter D is the only one with a pronoun that agrees in number with its antecedent. In sentence D "their" refers back to its antecedent "the boys" the ones that want to eat their dessert.

Sentence A is wrong because instead of "his meal" should be "their meal" in order to refer back to "the children".

Sentence B is wrong because "their glasses" and "they" doesn't agree in number with its subject. It should be "his/her glasses".

Sentence C is wrong because "her vegetables" doesn't agree in number with the subject. It should be "their vegetables" because "Her vegetables" is refering to only one person. A plural pronoun is required.