Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
___ are ___ maps and ___ are ___ .

• A. these/yours/those/her
• B. these/your/those/ours
• C. this/you/that/our
• D. these/him/those/me
• E. those/hers/these/you

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

these/your/those/ours

The pronouns that demonstrate (point out) some particular persons or things are called demonstrative pronouns.

The demonstrative pronouns 'this' and 'these' are used to refer to what is near. 'This' is used to refer to singular nouns and 'These' is used for plural nouns.

The demonstrative pronouns 'that' and 'those' are used to refer to things far away. 'That' is used in case of singular nouns and 'Those' are used to in case of plural pronouns.

In the given sentence the plural noun 'maps' is being referred to. So, both the blanks must be filled with plural demonstrative pronouns.

The be-verb 'are' must take the plural possessive pronouns in both the blanks as the sentence shoes possession.

The only option that satisfies the requirements is option B.

Thus option B is the correct answer. Options A,C,D,E are incorrect.