Choose the correct option to fill the blank. _ birds have colourful wings.

Answer: These birds have colourful wings. Thus the correct answer is option B.

Complete answer:

In this sentence, the word ‘birds’ is a plural noun (more than one bird).

Option A: ‘That’ is used with singular nouns. For example: That car is very fast. (talking about one car). If we talk about more than one, we say those cars. So this option is incorrect.

Option B: ‘These’ is the correct answer because it is used with plural nouns. These birds have colourful wings is a complete and correct sentence.

Option C: ‘This’ is also used with singular nouns, not plural ones. So we would say this bird, not this bird. This option is wrong.

Option D: ‘It’ is used to refer to a singular noun, not used before one. For example: The dog is barking. It is hungry. Here, ‘it’ is used to refer back to ‘dog’ (a singular noun). So this is also incorrect.

So the correct answer is Option B. These

The correct sentence is ‘These birds have colourful wings’.

Conclusion: Always match the pronoun with the noun. If the noun is singular, use a singular pronoun. If the noun is plural, use a plural pronoun. In case you are unsure, try making your own sentence using the pronoun and see if it sounds right.

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