Question

Fill in the blank with a suitable pronoun:

When the dog chased John, _____ ran as fast as he could.

• A. It
• B. She
• C. We
• D. He

Answer 1

The correct option is D He

Personal pronouns are used to refer to people or objects that we are speaking about. In case of people, there are different personal pronouns that can be used depending upon whether we are talking in the 1st, 2nd or 3rd person perspective.

In the given sentence, 'the dog chased John' and the personal pronoun used later in the sentence is 'he'. Therefore, the correct personal pronoun to be used to fill in the blank is option D) he (as we are referring to John in the sentence).

Option A) 'It 'is incorrect as it is normally used for objects.

Option B) 'she' is incorrect as the person mentioned in the sentence is a male and 'she' is used for a female.

Option C) 'we' is incorrect as it is used for more than one person (plural).