Choose the correct word for the blank :
My Mother is at home. Where is .........?

Question

Choose the correct word for the blank :
 My Mother is at home. Where is .........?

Accepted Answer

The correct option is 1:
The correct word to fill the blank is the possessive pronoun "yours." A possessive pronoun is used to indicate ownership or possession and replaces a noun phrase to avoid repetition. In the sentence provided, "My Mother is at home. Where is .........?" the word in the blank must refer to a previously understood noun (likely "your father," "your brother," or "your car," etc.) and stand alone as the object of the sentence. "Yours" functions as a stand-alone possessive pronoun, replacing "your $$noun$$" to complete the question smoothly and grammatically. The structure "Where is yours?" is correct when the context makes the possession clear.

The incorrect option is 2 (yours'): "Yours'" uses an apostrophe, which indicates either a contraction (like "it's" for "it is") or possession for a plural noun (like "the students' books"). Possessive pronouns in English—such as ours, his, hers, and yours—never take an apostrophe, as they inherently express possession without needing one. The incorrect option is 3 (your): "Your" is a possessive adjective, not a pronoun, meaning it must always be followed immediately by the noun it modifies (e.g., "Where is your father?"). Since the blank is at the end of the sentence and stands alone, a possessive adjective is grammatically incomplete in this position.