SAT OwlQuestion bank / Form, Structure, and Sense
Although Orville and Wilbur Wright are famous for making the first powered airplane flight in 1903, ______ first business was a bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio, where they built and repaired bicycles.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
their
there
they're
his
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Answer: A
The business belonged to both brothers, so a plural possessive pronoun is needed. "Their" is correct. "There" refers to a place, "they're" means "they are," and "his" is singular.
Choice B sounds the same as "their" but refers to a place, not to who owned something.
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