Question

Comprehension: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank. Three big fat rats once found a new use for _____1_____ tails. During the night, they came ______2_____ into the larder and found a jar with treacle in it. But the jar had a ____3___ neck, and try as they might, the rats could not reach the treacle either with their mouths or their paws. At last, a bright idea ______4______ one of them. He climbed onto the jar and let his tail hang down into the treacle. Then he pulled it out nicely coated with treacle and allowed the two rats to lick it _____5_______. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.

• A. the
• B. it's
• C. their
• D. there

Answer 1

Answer:

C. their

• Subject-Pronoun Agreement: The sentence begins with "Three big fat rats." Since the subject is plural (more than one rat), we must use a plural possessive pronoun to describe something belonging to them. Possession: The rats are using the tails that belong to them. "Their" is the possessive form used for the third-person plural ("they"). Grammar Check: * Three rats (They) found a new use for their (belonging to them) tails.