Exercise: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the pronouns given in brackets. 1. She is more healthy than ____ (me, I). 2. ____ (whom, whose) house is it? 3. Let ____ (she, her) go now. 4. Everyone should do ____ (his, her, their) duty. 5. ____ (none, neither) of the ten girls could solve the sum. 6. One should love ____ (his, one's) country. 7. Let her do it ____ (itself, herself).
Answer (2)
To fill in the blanks with the correct form of the pronouns given in brackets, we need to consider the correct grammatical usage based on the context of each sentence.
She is more healthy than I .
When comparing health between two people using the word "than," the subjective form "I" is used because it implies the verb "am" (She is more healthy than I am).
Whose house is it?
"Whose" is the possessive pronoun used to ask about ownership or possession.
Let her go now.
Here, the objective form "her" is used as it is the object of the verb "let."
Everyone should do their duty.
"Everyone" is considered singular but can take "their" as a singular pronoun in contexts to be gender-neutral and inclusive.
None of the ten girls could solve the sum.
"None" is used here to indicate that not one from the ten girls was able to solve the sum, emphasizing zero out of the group.
One should love one's country.
"One's" is the possessive form that matches with "one," maintaining consistency in terms of pronoun usage.
Let her do it herself .
"Herself" is a reflexive pronoun used to emphasize that she should be the one to do it independently.
The answers to the fill-in-the-blank exercise are: 1. I; 2. Whose; 3. her; 4. their; 5. None; 6. one's; 7. herself. Each pronoun is chosen based on its grammatical role in the sentence, whether as a subject, object, or possessive form. This exercise helps reinforce the understanding of pronouns in English grammar.
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