Fill in the blank with the appropriate pronoun:
Mr. Ray took ___ umbrella with him as it was pouring outside.

a) her
b) his
c) mine
d) ours

Hint: A pronoun is a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase. For example- him, they.

Complete answer:
Possessive pronouns are those pronouns that show that something belongs to someone. The possessive pronouns are- my, her, its, etc.
In the given question, the correct answer will be the masculine possessive pronoun since the noun and subject, in this case, Mr. Ray, is a ‘he’ or masculine.
Let us analyze the options given to us in this question:
Option (a.), 'her', refers to the feminine possessive pronoun.
Therefore, option (a.) is incorrect as it is not the masculine possessive pronoun.

Option (b.), ‘his', refers to the masculine possessive pronoun.
Therefore, option (b.) is correct, as in this case, Mr. Ray, is a ‘he’ or masculine.

Option (c.), ‘mine', refers to the possessive pronoun form of ‘me’.
Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect as ‘mine’ is not the possessive pronoun form of ‘he’.

Option (d.), ‘ours', refers to the possessive pronoun form of ‘we’.
Therefore, option (d.) is incorrect as it is not applicable here since the sentence is in third person ‘he’.

Note: In this question, note that possessives can also be in the form of adjectives. Therefore, always check the positioning of such words to find out the word class they belong to.