Choose a suitable pronoun for the blank, from the options given : 'Heena and Teena own a house........The house is beautifully built.'

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The correct option is 4:
The sentence is "Heena and Teena own a house. . . . . . . . The house is beautifully built." The blank is intended to complete the first sentence by indicating ownership of the house. The phrase "Heena and Teena" is a compound subject representing two individuals, meaning the collective ownership is plural. To show ownership (possession) of the noun "house" by a plural subject (Heena and Teena), we must use the plural possessive adjective, which is "Their." Possessive adjectives (like *their*, *my*, *your*) always come immediately before the noun they modify, and in this case, "Their house" correctly modifies the noun "house" while reflecting the plural owners.

The incorrect option is 1:
"His" is the possessive adjective used for a singular male owner. Since the owners are "Heena and Teena" (plural, female and female), "His" is grammatically incorrect for indicating their joint possession.

The incorrect option is 2:
"Her" is the possessive adjective used for a singular female owner. Although the owners are female, there are two of them ("Heena and Teena"), making the subject plural. Therefore, "Her house" would only be correct if a single female owned the house.

The incorrect option is 3:
"Theirs" is a possessive pronoun, which is used to replace a noun phrase, such as "Their house" (e.g., "The house is theirs"). Since the blank is followed immediately by the noun "house," a possessive adjective is required, not a possessive pronoun.