Question

Choose the correct pronoun to complete the sentence-
The manager let (I, me) leave the office early when (I, me) explained to (he, him) what my problem was.
a) Me, I, him.
b) Me, I, he.
c) I, me, he.
d) I, me, him.

Answer 1

Hint:Pronouns are words that can function as a noun phrase used by itself and that refers either to the participants in the discourse, or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere.

Complete answer:
In grammar, a preposition comes before its complement; a postposition comes after its complement. English generally has prepositions rather than postpositions – words such as in, under and of precede their objects, such as in England, under the table, of Jane. In the given question we have to choose the correct preposition in three places in the sentence.
Now, let us examine all the given options to find out the correct answer -
Option ‘a’ – All the three prepositions, ‘me’, ‘I’, and ‘him’ are correctly placed in the option. The sentence will become grammatically correct if we use these three prepositions.
Option ‘b’ – This is not the correct option as we cannot use ‘he’ after ‘to’. The first two prepositions are correct but the third one is wrong.
Option ‘c’ – This is an incorrect option as all the three propositions are incorrect.
Option ‘d’ – This is an incorrect option because the first two prepositions are incorrect, though the third one is correct.
As we have analysed all the given options, we can easily figure out the correct option. Here, the three prepositions to be used are – Me, I, and him. The complete sentence would be – The manager let me leave the office early when I explained to him what my problem was. Hence, option ‘a’ is the correct option.

Note:
You must know the correct usage of such prepositions as they sometimes tend to be confusing.