Question

complete the text with the correct pair of words. aaliyah told her son, \if ____ trying to save money, you should eat more meals at home and spend ____ money on clothing.\ youre... less your... less youre... fewer your... fewer

Explanation:

1. Analyze the first blank: The structure "If... trying" requires a subject and a form of "be" (to form the present continuous tense for the conditional clause). "you're" is a contraction of "you are", which fits here (indicating the subject "you" and the action of "trying"). "your" is a possessive adjective and would not fit grammatically in this clause as it would make the phrase "your trying" which is incorrect in this context.
2. Analyze the second blank: "money" is an uncountable noun. "less" is used with uncountable nouns, while "fewer" is used with countable nouns. So we need "less" to modify "money".

Answer:

A. you're... less