Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
___ roommate and ___ have to share a bookshelf: ___ keeps ___ books on the top two shelves, and I keep ___ on the bottom two shelves.

• A. my/me/she/her/mine
• B. his/me/her/hers/my
• C. my/I/she/her/mine
• D. her/hers/she/her/my
• E. my/her/she/hers/mine

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

my/I/she/her/mine

The first blank requires as its subject a possessive pronoun in the first person subjective sense singular to refer to the speaker, "my". The second blank requires a subject pronoun in the first person singular, to refer to the speaker, "I". The third blank requires a subject in the third person singular feminine sense, hence, "she". The fourth blank requires a possessive pronoun in the first person singular objective sense, hence, "mine". Hence, Option C is correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to this rule, hence incorrect.