Question

1. I got into the room and found each boy was playing with a toy. I took him out.
[Can 'him' refer to 'each boy'? ]

2. Blow across each straw. Can you understand how it makes a sound?
[Can 'it' refer to 'each straw?]

3. He had to repair each desk.
It was broken badly.
[Does 'it' refer to 'each desk'? Can we use this way or do we have to use other expressions?]

Answer 1

1. No, you'd need to refer to one of the boys in some specific way: the taller boy or the noisier boy or ??

2. Yes, although as I wrote before, it's pretty hard to blow on only one straw in a musical pipe.

3. No, that'd be a strange reference. It's better to write it like this: <b>He had to repair each desk which had been badly broken.</b>