Multiple choice

Find the Blank (i).

Directions: Choose the most appropriate word to fill the numbered blanks.

A blind man, having reclaimed (i) ____________ sight as the result of a remarkable operation, confessed the other day that he was so disappointed (ii) ____________ the world he saw that he wondered whether he was not (iii) ____________ when he was blind. Human beings (iv) ____________ of a different appearance and mould from those with which his imagination had (v) ____________ them. Everything apparently, from motor cars to flower gardens, (vi) ____________short of the glorious images he had made (vii) ____________ them. The gift of sight (viii) ____________ him merely disillusionment.

  1. he

  2. his

  3. him

  4. himself
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The phrase is 'having reclaimed ___ sight' which refers to the blind man regaining his own sight. The possessive pronoun 'his' is correct here because it refers back to 'a blind man' mentioned earlier. Option A ('he') is a subject pronoun, C ('him') is an object pronoun, and D ('himself') is a reflexive pronoun - none fit grammatically.

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