My cousin rang her boss and told _____ that she thought it would make a great slogan.

My cousin rang her boss and told _____ that she thought it would make a great slogan.

• A. Him
• B. Her
• C. Them
• D. Us

Answer: (A)

The action “told” needs a person as the recipient of what was said. Here, the cousin is telling her boss something, so the pronoun should refer to that recipient. “Told him that she thought it would make a great slogan” uses him to refer to the boss (the person who is being told). The rest of the clause keeps “she” to refer to the cousin, which matches the subject of the sentence. If the boss were female, you’d use her instead. The other options don’t fit the structure: they would either refer to the wrong person (the recipient) or sound odd in this context.

The action “told” needs a person as the recipient of what was said. Here, the cousin is telling her boss something, so the pronoun should refer to that recipient. “Told him that she thought it would make a great slogan” uses him to refer to the boss (the person who is being told). The rest of the clause keeps “she” to refer to the cousin, which matches the subject of the sentence. If the boss were female, you’d use her instead. The other options don’t fit the structure: they would either refer to the wrong person (the recipient) or sound odd in this context.