Question

Fill in the blank with the correct pronoun from the options given.
We are planning to go for a picnic today. Would you like to join ___________?
(a)her
(b)them
(c)us
(d)me

Answer 1

Hint: Depending on what comes before the blank, the blank will be filled with either a pronoun, a possessive/emphatic, or another pronoun.

Complete answer: Nouns are naming words. However, one cannot use
nouns all the time. So, there are placeholder words which replace nouns, called pronouns.
Words like ‘I’, ‘You’, ‘She’, ‘He’, and ‘They’ are pronouns.

In the given sentence, we are looking for the direct object pronoun. If the direct object is a pronoun, the pronoun must be in the objective case, i.e. not ‘I’ but ‘me’, etc. A direct object pronoun is a word such as me, him, us and them, which is used instead of the noun to stand in for the person or thing most directly affected by the action expressed by the verb.

Now, we know what we are looking for. Let’s look at the given options:
(a)her - The word ‘her’ is a pronoun in the objective case. However, it does not match the subject of the previous sentence ‘we’. This is not the required answer. So, this is an incorrect option.
(b)them - The word ‘them’ is a pronoun in the objective case. However, it does not match the subject of the previous sentence ‘we’. This is not the required answer. So, this is an incorrect option.
(c)us - The word ‘us’ is a pronoun in the objective case. It matches the subject of the previous sentence ‘we’. This is the required answer. So, this is the correct option.
(d)me - The word ‘me’ is a pronoun in the objective case. However, it does not match the subject of the previous sentence ‘we’. This is not the required answer. So, this is an incorrect option.

Note: Understand the meaning of the given sentence as the context of the sentence will help you to identify the correct and required answer. Try to match the pronoun in the
given sentence to the appropriate one in the given options.