Breakdown of המורה פנתה אליי וביקשה ממני לקרוא את המשפט הראשון.
Questions & Answers about המורה פנתה אליי וביקשה ממני לקרוא את המשפט הראשון.
Because both verbs are in the past tense, third person singular feminine.
So:
- פנתה = she turned / she addressed
- ביקשה = she asked / she requested
This tells you that the subject, המורה, is being treated as female in this sentence.
If the teacher were male, you would get:
- המורה פנה אליי וביקש ממני...
Not by itself. המורה means the teacher, and the noun מורה can refer to either a male or a female teacher.
What tells you the teacher is female here is the verb form:
- פנתה
- ביקשה
Both are feminine singular past forms, so here המורה means the female teacher.