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Leur groupe travaille bien.

Leur groupe travaille bien.
Their group works well.
From Lesson 25:Plural possessives (notre, votre, leur)·French

Questions & Answers about Leur groupe travaille bien.

Why is it leur and not leurs since "their" means more than one person?
In French, possessive adjectives must match the thing being owned, not the owners. Even though there are multiple people, they only have one groupe (group). Because groupe is singular, we use the singular word leur. You would only use leurs if they had multiple groups (leurs groupes).
Since a group is made of multiple people, why doesn't the verb end in "-ent" (travaillent)?
The subject of the sentence is the word groupe, which is a singular noun (an "it"). Even though a group contains many people, the grammatical subject is just that one single entity. So, we use the regular "he/she/it" form of the verb, which is travaille.
Would leur groupe travaille and leurs groupes travaillent sound the same when spoken out loud?
Yes, they sound exactly the same! Leur and leurs are pronounced identically, the "s" at the end of groupes is silent, and the "-ent" ending on the verb travaillent is also silent. You have to rely on context to know if they mean one group or multiple groups.
Why do we use bien instead of bon here?
Bien translates to "well" and is used to describe how an action is done (like how they work). Bon translates to "good" and is used to describe things or people. Since we are describing the verb travaille, we must use bien.

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