Fill in the blanks.
1He dressed the wound ...............
Wrong!
Here "himself" is emphatic: it shows that he dressed the wound without anyone's help.
2He patted ............... on the back.
Wrong!
Use "himself" because the subject and object refer to the same male person.
3I congratulated ............... on his success.
Wrong!
The object pronoun "him" is needed after the verb "congratulated."
4This is the club where ............... meet.
Wrong!
The subject pronoun "we" is needed before the verb "meet."
5That dog of ............... is always chasing my cats.
Wrong!
The possessive pronoun "yours" is correct after "of" in this structure.
6I didn't see ...............
Wrong!
Use "anything" after the negative verb phrase "didn't see."
7............... was there to help him.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Nobody" and "No one" both mean that no person was there to help him.
8One must not praise ...............
Wrong!
The reflexive pronoun that agrees with "one" is "oneself."
9She blamed ............... for the failure.
Wrong!
Use "herself" because the subject and object refer to the same female person.
10They blamed ............... for the accident, each saying the other was at fault.
Wrong!
"Each other" shows that each person blamed the other.
11............... of them have passed the test.
Wrong!
"Both" agrees with the plural verb "have."
12............... of them was able to offer a satisfactory explanation.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Neither" and "Either" can both be used with the singular verb "was."
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- He dressed the wound himself.
- He patted himself on the back.
- I congratulated him on his success.
- This is the club where we meet.
- That dog of yours is always chasing my cats.
- I didn’t see anything.
- Nobody / No one was there to help him.
- One must not praise oneself.
- She blamed herself for the failure.
- They blamed each other for the accident, each saying the other was at fault.
- Both of them have passed the test.
- Neither / Either of them was able to offer a satisfactory explanation.