Multiple choice

The underlined portion of the following question has some errors. Five options are given below. Choose the correct option to improve the sentence. Each girl and every madam tried their best to finish the work before 7 P.M.

  1. No change needed.

  2. Each girl and every madam tried her best to finish the work before 7 P.M.

  3. Each girl and every madam tried their best to finishing the work before 7 P.M.

  4. Each girl and every madam tried her best finish the work before 7 P.M.

  5. Each girl and every madam tried her best to finish work before 7 P.M.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

If two nouns joined by 'and' are preceded by 'each/every', singular pronoun (his/her) is used.

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