Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
My cat licks ______ tail every evening. But my dogs never lick ________ tails.
a) Its / their
b) Its / its
c) Their / its
d) Their / their

Answer 1

Hint: A pronoun is a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase. For example- he, she, it, they, us.

Complete answer:
In the given question, we have to find out which of the options given to us has-
The third-person singular possessive personal pronoun for the first blank (as cat is singular).
The third person plural possessive personal pronoun for the second blank (as dogs is plural).
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question-
Option (a.), 'its / their', Option (c.), ‘their / its', and Option (d.), ‘their / their' are incorrect options as these do not use a third-person singular possessive personal pronoun for the first blank and a third person plural possessive personal pronoun for the second blank.
Option (b.), ‘its / their', refers to ‘its’ which is the singular possessive personal pronoun in third person and ‘their’ which is the plural possessive personal pronoun in third person.
Therefore, option (b.) is correct.

Note:
In this question, it will be helpful for the student to recall the concept of possessive personal pronouns. Possessive personal pronouns are pronouns that show possession. They define a person (or a number of people) who owns a particular object.