Fill in the blank with the correct pronoun:
Ananya’s younger brother speaks Kannada as fluently as ________ does, though he moved to Mysuru only last year.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → she
Complete sentence: Ananya’s younger brother speaks Kannada as fluently as she does, though he moved to Mysuru only last year. Here the verb “does” follows the blank, so the blank is the subject of “does”.
| Option | Form and use | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) her | the object form; it comes after a verb or a preposition, not as the subject of a verb | We met her at the station. |
| (2) herself | used when the subject and the object are the same person | Meera taught herself to knit. |
| (3) hers | means belonging to her | The green school bag is hers. |
| (4) she (answer) | after “as ... as” or “than”, the pronoun takes the form it has in the full clause: here the subject form | Nobody in our class dances as gracefully as she does. |