Choose the correct option to complete the sentence:
One should take off ________ shoes before entering the prayer room at home.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → one’s
Complete sentence: One should take off one’s shoes before entering the prayer room at home. Here “one” means any person, and a noun, “shoes”, follows the blank.
| Option | Form and use | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) one’s (answer) | when “one” means any person, the later pronoun must also be a form of “one”; before a noun the form is one’s (belonging to one) | One must respect one’s elders. |
| (2) your | means belonging to you, the person spoken to; used when the sentence talks to “you” | Please keep your bag on the rack. |
| (3) our | means belonging to us; it goes with “we” | We cleaned our classroom before the holidays. |
| (4) oneself | a reflexive pronoun, used when “one” does the action to his or her own self; it cannot come before a noun | One should take care of oneself during exams. |