Change the gender of the underlined words and choose the correct sentence.
The hero of the school play forgot his lines but smiled at the audience.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → The heroine of the school play forgot her lines but smiled at the audience.
Both underlined words are masculine. Each must change to its feminine form.
- Hero → Heroine: a heroine is the main female character in a play, story or film.
- his → her: the pronoun now stands for a girl, so it must be feminine too.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: The heroine of the school play forgot his lines but smiled at the audience. — Incorrect. The pronoun his is still masculine. It must change to her.
Option 3: The heroines of the school play forgot their lines but smiled at the audience. — Incorrect. Heroines is the plural. The sentence is about one person, so it needs heroine.
Option 4: The actress of the school play forgot her lines but smiled at the audience. — Incorrect. An actress is the feminine of actor, not of hero.