Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
This house is mine and that is_ _ _ _ .
A) Your
B) Your's
C) Yours
D) Of you

Answer 1

Hint:First we must know the proper uses of all given verbs. Choose the option which will be grammatically correct for the given sentence and also we must see that the selected option will make the sentence meaningful.

Complete step-by-step answer:
The above given sentence should contain a possessive pronoun.
Let’s know what Possessive Pronouns are:
Possessive Pronouns include its, his, her, mine, yours, our, hers. These all show the ownership which makes that possessive pronoun.
Now let’s examine and understand the above given options.
Your: your is an adjective which means ‘relating to someone’. So this doesn’t show the possession and it is not an appropriate option for this sentence.
Your's: many English Learners have the fallacy that to show possession of you apostrophe‘s is required. However this is not correct and this is an inappropriate option for this sentence.
Of you: using ‘of you' is not an appropriate option because this is used with an adjective e.g. that is so sweet of you. It doesn’t show the possession and it’s not an appropriate option.
Yours: the option (C) is an absolutely appropriate option as it shows the possession. So the correct sentence is “This house is mine and that is yours”.

Note:For choosing the correct option knowing actual meaning of the given question is necessary or else our sentence can be grammatically incorrect.
To understand such questions the study of Possessive Pronoun is required so that we can write correct sentences. We should practice more and more in order to inculcate them.