Question

Analyze the sentence to choose the correct answer for each space.

Those books are responsible for my earning an "A" on the paper because they provided just enough information.
Identify a demonstrative pronoun:
Identify a verbal:
What type of verbal is it?
Identify the personal pronoun that modifies the verbal:

Answer 1

Demonstrative Pronoun: "These"

Verbal: "earning"

Type of verbal: "gerund"

Personal pronoun: "my"

Step-by-step explanation:

Demonstrative Pronouns: These are the pronouns which point to something specific within a sentence

Examples: this, that, these, those, such, none, neither.

Verbals: These are words made from verbs but functioning NOT as verbs but as something else (nouns, adjectives, or adverbs).

Examples: In the sentences; cooking requires a lot of skill, he is a learned man, she likes to eat mangoes, cooking (gerund), learned (participle), and to eat (infinitive) are verbals.

Gerund verbal: These are verbals formed by adding -ing after the verbs and functioning as noun. "earning" is acting as a noun; and hence is a gerund.

The personal pronoun "my" is used modifying gerund (noun) "earning"