Question

meaningful monday
choose the option where the pronoun and their antecedents agree in number.
if rafael was going to hire a string quartet for his birthday party, he wanted them/it to be the best quartet he could find.
im expecting a shipment of fresh beets, but its/theyre late.
its going to take forever to push these crates of strawberries down the stairs because its/theyre so heavy!
kangaroos, koalas, and opossums all have something in common: it is a marsupial/they are marsupials.
both ryan and sabrina love watching a good car race: they/we find it thrilling.

Explanation:

1. A string quartet is a group, but we refer to it as a collective unit, so "it" is correct.
2. "A shipment" is singular, so "it's" is appropriate.
3. "These crates" is plural, so "they're" is correct.
4. "Kangaroos, koalas, and opossums" is plural, so "they are" is right.
5. "Both Ryan and Sabrina" is plural, so "they" is correct.

Answer:

1. it
2. it's
3. they're
4. they are
5. they