Question

Fill in the blank with the appropriate pronoun:
The house that is _____ is painted yellow.

• A. my
• B. mine
• C. our
• D. their

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

mine

The sentence requires an absolute possessive pronoun that emphasizes the possessor and not the possessed. Hence option B, 'mine' is the correct answer as it emphasizes the fact that the house the speaker is referring to, belongs to himself.

Options A, C and D are incorrect because they are limiting possessive pronouns which are used to show that something belongs to an antecedent. As there is no antecedent for 'house', these options would be grammatically incorrect if used in the sentence.