In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.
Human activities are changing Earth's natural greenhouse1. ______. Burning fossil fuels like coal and oil puts 2. ______ carbon dioxide into our atmosphere. NASA has 3. ______ increase in the amount of carbon dioxide and some other greenhouse gases in 4. ______ atmosphere. Too much of these greenhouse gases can 5. ______ Earth's atmosphere to trap more and more heat. This causes Earth to warm up.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 4.
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.
Human activities are changing Earth's natural greenhouse1. ______. Burning fossil fuels like coal and oil puts 2. ______ carbon dioxide into our atmosphere. NASA has 3. ______ increase in the amount of carbon dioxide and some other greenhouse gases in 4. ______ atmosphere. Too much of these greenhouse gases can 5. ______ Earth's atmosphere to trap more and more heat. This causes Earth to warm up.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 4.
its
its
ours
ours
our
our
their
their
Correct Answer:
our
our
option C our is the right pick for the given blank.
its and their is completely wrong here;
now the confusion point is our and ours
meaning of both the word is same the only difference lies in their usage.
our is used before a noun. but after ours we need no noun. here the word environment is given after the blank so correct pick is our.