Question

Choose the correct answer for the following question.
Where's the book?
A) There's it
B) He's under the chair
C) It's here
D) There's on a chair

Answer 1

Hint: A pronoun is a term that replaces a noun or noun phrase in a sentence. Pronouns refer to either a previously specified noun or a noun that does not need to be named expressly. For example: He, she, you they, etc.

Complete answer:
We use the pronoun ‘it’ whenever we are dealing with inanimate objects. In the above sentence, the noun ‘book’ is inanimate, thus, the pronoun that will be used for ‘book’ will be ‘it’.

Let us look at the given options:
Where's the book?
A) There's it: Since ‘there’s it’ is usually used to acknowledge the existence of something, therefore, we cannot use it in this sentence as we have to provide the location of the book. So, this option is incorrect.
B) He's under the chair: This option is incorrect because the pronoun ‘he’ is used for a male, whereas book is an inanimate object.
C) It's here: This is the correct answer. We use the pronoun ‘it’ is used for an inanimate object and this sentence also indicates the location of the book which was asked in the first sentence.
D) There's on a chair: This option is incorrect because the pronoun ‘it’ is used for an inanimate object. Also this sentence is grammatically wrong.

Thus, the correct answer is Option (C) i.e, It’s here.

Note: Some rules of pronouns are:
- When a personal pronoun replaces a noun, it agrees with it.
- A personal pronoun should not be preceded by an adjective. After the verb, a personal pronoun can contain an adjective.
- Apostrophes (') are never used with pronouns.