Question

Use the paragraph to answer the question.

Marcus and his brothers always help his dad with maintaining the lawn every weekend. They all take turns raking up leaves, bagging trash, and mowing the grass. Afterward, their dad takes them all out for ice cream. After a hard day's work, ice cream is a much-loved reward.

Which sentence contains an error in pronoun use?

(1 point)
Responses

Marcus and his brothers always help his dad with maintaining the lawn every weekend.
Marcus and his brothers always help his dad with maintaining the lawn every weekend.

They all take turns raking up leaves, bagging trash, and mowing the grass.
They all take turns raking up leaves, bagging trash, and mowing the grass.

Afterward, their dad takes them all out for ice cream.
Afterward, their dad takes them all out for ice cream.

After a hard day's work, ice cream is a much-loved reward.
After a hard day's work, ice cream is a much-loved reward.

Answer 1

"Marcus and his brothers always help his dad with maintaining the lawn every weekend."

Error: the pronoun should agree with the compound subject ("Marcus and his brothers"), so "his" should be "their."