Which sentence is written correctly? “Each of the girls on the team has her own water bottle”
Use Standard Grammar, Usage, and Spelling to Edit · TELPAS Grades 6–7 writing. The correct answer, and the reasoning behind it.
Reporting category 2: find and fix an error in a short text. On the real test some of these are typed answers or sentence rewrites. Here they are multiple choice so they can be checked.
The question
Read the sentences. Choose the one that is written correctly.
Which sentence is written correctly?
- Each of the girls on the team have her own water bottle.
- Each of the girls on the team has she own water bottle.
- Each of the girl on the team has her own water bottle.
- Each of the girls on the team has her own water bottle.Correct answer
Why “Each of the girls on the team has her own water bottle.” is correct
This tests agreement with an indefinite subject and possessive pronouns. "Each" is singular, even though "girls" is plural, so the verb is "has." The pronoun before "own water bottle" must be the possessive "her." Students can check by reading the sentence without "of the girls on the team."
Why the other answers are wrong
- Each of the girls on the team have her own water bottle. — "Each" is singular, so the verb should be "has," not "have."
- Each of the girls on the team has she own water bottle. — "She" is a subject pronoun; before a noun, the possessive "her" is needed.
- Each of the girl on the team has her own water bottle. — After "each of the," the noun must be plural: "girls."
Practice more of this
More writing practice for Grades 6–7, or see the TELPAS practice test for 6th and 7th grade.
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