Question

Our music teacher, ms. schmidt, plays _____ guitar beautifully. which personal pronoun agrees with the underlined antecedent? his their its her

Answer 1

The correct answer would her "her", because the teacher is a female and is one person, and is of course a person so its, his, and their are incorrect.

Answer 2

Answer:

Her

Explanation:

In this example, the sentence states that Ms. Schmidt is playing a guitar. The fact that the word "Ms." is used means that this person is a female. Moreover, what we want to indicate is that the guitar belongs to Ms. Schmidt. Therefore, the pronoun that we should use is "her" as the antecedent (Ms. Schmidt) is female and singular.