Question

Read the passage below.

Last Saturday, Maya and her brother helped clean their grandmother’s attic. Inside a dusty box, she found an old diary. Maya opened it carefully, and she read the first page aloud. “The best memories,” whispered their grandmother, “are written down so they won’t be forgotten.”

Which sentence from the passage contains a pronoun–antecedent error?

(1 point)
Responses

Last Saturday, Maya and her brother helped clean their grandmother’s attic.
Last Saturday, Maya and her brother helped clean their grandmother’s attic.

Inside a dusty box, she found an old diary.
Inside a dusty box, she found an old diary.

Maya opened it carefully, and she read the first page aloud.
Maya opened it carefully, and she read the first page aloud.

“The best memories,” whispered their grandmother, “are written down so they won’t be forgotten.”

Answer 1

"Inside a dusty box, she found an old diary."

Explanation: The pronoun "she" has no clear antecedent; it should name the person (Maya) to avoid ambiguity (e.g., "Inside a dusty box, Maya found an old diary.").