Question

Fill in the blank with the most suitable pronoun from the given options:
Tracy is a good friend of _______.
a) your
b) her
c) him
d) mine

Answer 1

Hint: A pronoun is used to signify a person when they are referred to more than once in a sentence. It is indicative of gender. Him is used for a boy, her for a girl and it for a gender-neutral animal.

Complete answer:
Option a is wrong because your is used to show possession. Your bed, your books, your room. If the word your is to be used at the end of the sentence, we need to add a “s” to make it “yours”. This bed is yours. These books are yours. This room is yours.
Option b is also wrong because similar to the above option, we need to add “s” to “her” to show possession. This pen is hers. But if we have to use “her”, it should be used before the object- her pen.
Option c is wrong because it is used to refer to a boy but does not show possession. Ravi was not at school. I saw him at the park. Here “him” is referring to Ravi. It does not show that anything belongs to Ravi.
Option d is the correct option because “mine” is used to show that something belongs to me and it is used at the end of the sentence. This pen is mine. Similarly, in the given sentence it is shown that Tracy is my friend. So she is a good friend of “mine”.

Note:
Remember that if a pronoun is to be used at the end of the sentence, we always need to add a “s” at the end of the pronoun. Examples: hers, his, theirs, etc. Pronouns used in the beginning do not have the extra “s”: her pen, his pen, their pen.