Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
"Is your elder brother married?"
"No, ___________."

• A. Brother isn't
• B. He isn't
• C. He is not
• D. She isn't

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

He isn't

The correct answer is Option B.

The speaker is asking if the listener's brother is married. From the NO in the second sentence we can understand that he is not married. Hence, the correct answer is HE ISN'T. HE is correct because the reference is to a brother which is a masculine word.

The remaining options are incorrect because:

Option A: A pronoun is used in place of the noun when we refer to a word the second time in a conversation. Thus, HE is to be used in the answer to refer to the brother.

Option C: HE ISN'T is the contraction of HE IS NOT but in conversational form we generally used the contracted phrase.

Option D: The person referred to is a brother and SHE is a feminine pronoun.

Hence Option B is the correct answer.