Read the paragraph and answer the question.

Yesterday, Bill stopped at the library to pick up some books for his father. When he got to the library, the librarian could not find the books. She looked for them for half an hour. (4) She was embarrassed when she found that they had been put back on the shelves.

What does the fourth sentence contain?

a personal pronoun and two possessive pronouns
two personal pronouns and one possessive pronoun
three personal subject pronouns
two possessive singular pronouns and one personal plural pronoun

1 answer

The fourth sentence is: "She was embarrassed when she found that they had been put back on the shelves."

In this sentence, we can identify the following pronouns:

  • "She" (personal pronoun)
  • "she" (personal pronoun)
  • "they" (personal pronoun)

There are no possessive pronouns in this sentence.

Based on this analysis, the correct answer is: three personal subject pronouns.