Fill in the blanks using appropriate reflexive and emphatic pronouns.
1She washes her clothes ...............
Wrong!
Use the emphatic pronoun "herself" to show that she washes the clothes personally.
2We enjoyed ............... at the party.
Wrong!
Use "ourselves" because the subject "We" is plural and includes the speaker.
3The little boy sat by ...............
Wrong!
The phrase "by himself" means alone, so "himself" is correct.
4He absented ............... from the class.
Wrong!
Use the reflexive pronoun "himself" because the subject and object refer to the same person.
5The minister ............... said this.
Wrong!
Use the emphatic pronoun "himself" to stress that the minister personally said it.
6She was so much in love with ............... that she thought of no one else.
Wrong!
Use "herself" after "in love with" when the subject and object are the same person.
7Betrayed by his friends, he killed ...............
Wrong!
Use "himself" because the subject "he" and the object are the same male person.
8Love your neighbor as ...............
Wrong!
Use "yourself" because the sentence is speaking to one person.
9He ............... told me this.
Wrong!
Use the emphatic pronoun "himself" to stress that he personally told me this.
10You, Anna, ............... know better than anybody else.
Wrong!
Use "yourself" because the sentence addresses one person directly.
11He ............... is responsible for this.
Wrong!
Use the emphatic pronoun "himself" to stress that he is personally responsible.
12She is old enough to dress ............... now.
Wrong!
Use "herself" because she dresses her own body.
13Mr. Lee, the manager, spoke to me ...............
Wrong!
Use "himself" to emphasize that Mr. Lee personally spoke to me.
14The house ............... is nice, but the garden is small.
Wrong!
Use "itself" because "the house" is a singular thing.
Answers
- She washes her clothes herself.
- We enjoyed ourselves at the party.
- The little boy sat by himself.
- He absented himself from the class.
- The minister himself said this.
- She was so much in love with herself that she thought of no one else.
- Betrayed by his friends, he killed himself.
- Love your neighbor as yourself.
- He himself told me this.
- You, Anna, yourself know better than anybody else.
- He himself is responsible for this.
- She is old enough to dress herself now.
- Mr. Lee, the manager, spoke to me himself.
- The house itself is nice, but the garden is small.
