Which sentence is grammatically correct in standard English?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Aisha and I walked to the match, and the coach gave us both a lift home.
- Step 1: 'Aisha and I' are the subject of 'walked', so the subject pronoun 'I' is needed. Step 2. 'Us' is the object of 'gave', so the object pronoun is needed there. Answer: Aisha and I walked to the match, and the coach gave us both a lift home. Why not the others: Aisha and me walked to the match, and the coach gave us both a lift home.: This uses the object pronoun 'me' as part of the subject. Aisha and I walked to the match, and the coach gave we both a lift home.: This uses the subject pronoun 'we' as an object. Me and Aisha walked to the match, and the coach gave both of we a lift home.: This uses object pronouns for the subject and a subject pronoun for the object.
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