Read the sentence.

Question

Any one of the boys could forget _____ books.

Which pronoun correctly completes the sentence?

its

their

his

Answer 1

The correct pronoun to complete the sentence is his.

So the complete sentence would read: "Any one of the boys could forget his books."

Using "his" is appropriate here as it refers to an individual male boy, while "its" is generally used for objects or animals, and "their" is plural and doesn’t match the singular "Any one."