Type the word that best completes the sentence.?

Question

Each of the boys had prepared (his, their) remarks well.

Answer 1

his.
'Each' is singular, and therefore requires the singular pronoun.

Answer 2

Each of the boys had prepared his remarks well.

Answer 3

Each boy had well prepared remarks.

Answer 4

The answer would be 'His'

'Each of the boys' would mean we are talking about individuals in singular.

If it were 'The boys had prepared * remarks well'

Then it would be 'Thier' as we are talking about them as a group in plural.

Answer 5

His. 'Of the boys' is a preposition. Take it away and you get the right word for your sentence. 'Each had prepared his remarks well.'

Answer 6

The difficulty comes when 'boys' is replaced with 'pupils'!!

Each of the pupils had prepared his/her remarks. (clumsy)
Each of the pupils had prepared his (and not her) remarks well. (gender specific)
Each of the pupils had prepared their (plural usage now acceptable to be gender inclusive)
Each of the pupils had prepared some remarks, and all were good (word change solution).

Answer 7

His. Since each boy did his own work, and it was not a group activity, it is actually singular. This is a common error that you should be able to avoid.

Good Luck!

Answer 8

HIS because:
The adjective "their" refers to a group of people, but since the sentence says "each (boy)" it is referring to a singular noun. Therefore you must use a singular adjective, "his."

Answer 9

Yes indeed. The word "every" signifies a singular form though it is followed by boys which we think is plural. So my answer goes to "his".

Answer 10

their?