Question

What role does the capitalized pronoun serve in the following sentence?


I like my skateboard quite a bit, but I like YOURS better.


It is the object of a preposition.

It is a possessive pronoun that takes the place of a noun.

It is the subject.

It is a personal pronoun.

Answer 1

The role it serves is:
It is a possessive pronoun that takes the place of a noun.

Answer 2

The correct answer is - B. It is a possessive pronoun that takes the place of a noun.

Let's go through all of these options first.

A - there are no prepositions in this sentence, so 'yours' cannot be the object of a preposition.

C - the subject of this sentence is the pronoun 'I' because it is the doer of the action

D - it is not a personal pronoun; personal pronouns are I, you, he/she/it, we, you, and they.

Therefore, the correct answer is only B - it is a possessive pronoun because it shows that the pronoun 'you' is the owner of the skateboard that the subject likes more.