Complete the sentence: There was a strict procedure which involved warming the teapot, putting one spoonful of tea for each person into the pot and then filling _________ with boiling water.

Complete the sentence: There was a strict procedure which involved warming the teapot, putting one spoonful of tea for each person into the pot and then filling _________ with boiling water.

• A. It
• B. Them
• C. Him
• D. There

Answer: (A)

Think about what is being filled. After warming the teapot and putting tea into the pot, the action needs a singular, non-human object to receive the boiling water. The correct pronoun is “it” because it refers back to the teapot/pot. Using “them” would imply multiple objects or people, “him” would reference a male person, and “there” is a place, not an object to fill. So the natural completion is filling it with boiling water, keeping the sentence parallel and grammatically smooth.

Think about what is being filled. After warming the teapot and putting tea into the pot, the action needs a singular, non-human object to receive the boiling water. The correct pronoun is “it” because it refers back to the teapot/pot. Using “them” would imply multiple objects or people, “him” would reference a male person, and “there” is a place, not an object to fill. So the natural completion is filling it with boiling water, keeping the sentence parallel and grammatically smooth.