Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
_________ student are looking for their ball.

• A. That
• B. Those
• C. This
• D. They

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Those

A word that can function as a noun phrase used by itself and that refers either to the participants in the discourse or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse is a pronoun.

That is used while referring to one particular noun and they act as a determiner. As a determiner that refers to the more distant of two things near to the speaker, or to a specific thing previously mentioned. In this case, a group is present, it is the wrong option.

Those is the plural forms of that, and behave in the same way. As a determiner, this is used to identify a specific person or thing close at hand or being experienced. It is the right option.

This has the same explanation as that of "that". It is the wrong option.

They is used to refer to the subject of a clause. In other words, it usually represents the ‘doers’ of the action described by the verb, and usually refers back to two or more people or things that were mentioned earlier. It is the wrong option

Option B is correct