Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word from the given options:
Neha is a cousin of ________, so she will stay with us during the Durga Puja holidays.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → mine
Complete sentence: Neha is a cousin of mine, so she will stay with us during the Durga Puja holidays. After “a cousin of”, no noun follows the blank, and the cousin is the speaker’s.
| Option | Form and use | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) mine (answer) | a possessive pronoun that stands alone (mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs); it means belonging to me | That blue water bottle is mine. |
| (2) me | the object form; it stands for the person, not for something belonging to the person | Papa called me down for dinner. |
| (3) my | also means belonging to me, but it must have a noun after it | My school bag is under the bench. |
| (4) myself | used when “I” does an action to the same person, or to stress “I” | I looked at myself in the mirror. |