Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
Mary to Tom: I have something to show you.
Mary told Tom that _____ had something to show _____ .

• A. I / you
• B. she / him
• C. you / him
• D. she / you

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

she / him

The second sentence is the reported speech form of the first. As we can see, the blanks are to be filled with the reported speech forms of the pronouns 'I' And 'you'. Firstly, first person pronoun(I) will be changed to third person as its object is a proper noun. Secondly, the second person pronoun(you) is also changed to third person as its object is also a proper noun. Thus, both the answers must be third person pronouns.

Option A is incorrect. Here 'I' is a first person pronoun and 'you' is a second person pronoun. Since they are not third person pronouns, A is incorrect.

Option B is correct. Here 'she' and 'him' are both third person pronouns. Also, both of them correctly represent their respective objects. Thus, B is correct.

Option C is incorrect. Here 'you' is a second person pronoun and 'him' is a third person pronoun. Thus, the first blank is incorrect and C cannot be the answer.

Option D is incorrect. Here 'she' is a third person pronoun and 'you' is a second person pronoun. Thus, the second blank is incorrect and D cannot be the answer.