Question

Select the appropriate pronoun to complete the sentence:
We had no help decorating the flat. We did it completely on ____________.
a. Your own
b. Our own
c. Their own
d. His own

Answer 1

Hint: The option you select must be an emphatic pronoun.

Complete step-by-step answer:

 Pronouns are a set of words that are used to replace a noun or a name. Sometimes, when we talk about something, we may have to repeat a person’s name every time we talk about him/her. When we use pronouns, we eliminate this repetition and we make our sentences more concise and brief.
Let us look at an example.
Tina came back from school. Tina kept her bag in the foyer. Tina ate some snacks and eventually, Tina started doing her homework.
In the above example, Tina’s name is repeated so many times that we tend to develop awkward disorientation from the sentence. Instead of using Tina’s name every time, we can replace it with the appropriate pronouns.
Tina came back from school. She kept her bag in her foyer. She ate some snacks and eventually, she started doing her homework.
In the above sentences, we have replaced Tina with the pronoun she that is used to represent female persons. This makes the sentences concise and straightforward.
Let us consider the given question-
We had no help decorating the flat. We did it completely on ____________.
Here, we have to find a pronoun to stress that the subject themselves decorated the flat. As the subject is the first-person plural, the pronoun must also be the first-person plural. Only option ‘b’ our own fits this criterion. Therefore, option ’b’ is the correct answer.

Note: Always ensure that the subject and the pronoun match in terms of number.