Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
The teacher's book, ____ lives of great men and women, has 500 pages.

• A. who contains
• B. which contains
• C. which is contain
• D. whose contains

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

which contains

The sentence indicates that the lives of great men and women are contained in the book. Thus, the answer must contain a pronoun that refers to the book. Also, the answer must have one verb to indicate that the book holds the above mentioned information.

Option A is incorrect. 'who contains' has a verb but, the pronoun 'who' is only used to refer to people and not objects like books. Thus, it cannot be the answer.

Option B is correct. 'which contains' has a verb that indicates that the book holds the information and also, the pronoun 'which' correctly refers to the book. Thus, it is correct.

Option C is incorrect. In 'which is contain', 'which' correctly refers to the book but, 'is contain' is grammatically incorrect. In 'is contain', is becomes the verb and contain becomes a noun. Since the word contain cannot be a noun, option C is grammatically flawed.

Option D is incorrect. 'whose contains' has the correct verb but, the pronoun 'whose' is only used to refer to people and not objects like books. Thus, it is incorrect.