Change the gender of the underlined words and choose the correct sentence.
The headmaster and his brother opened the new school library on Teachers’ Day.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → The headmistress and her sister opened the new school library on Teachers’ Day.
All three underlined words are masculine. Each must change to its feminine form.
- Headmaster → Headmistress: a headmistress is a woman who is the head of a school.
- his → her: the pronoun now stands for a woman, so it must be feminine too.
- Brother → Sister.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: The headmistress and his sister opened the new school library on Teachers’ Day. — Incorrect. The pronoun his is still masculine. It must change to her.
Option 3: The headmistress and her brother opened the new school library on Teachers’ Day. — Incorrect. Brother is still masculine. It must change to sister.
Option 4: The schoolmistress and her sister opened the new school library on Teachers’ Day. — Incorrect. A schoolmistress is a woman who teaches in a school. It is the female form of schoolmaster, not of headmaster.