1When I have guests, I cook dinner for ...............
Wrong!
Use the object pronoun "them" after the preposition "for".
2When she realized her mistake, she laughed at ...............
Wrong!
Use the reflexive pronoun "herself" because she laughed at her own mistake.
3Susie prevented me from entering ............... room.
Wrong!
Use the possessive adjective "her" before the noun "room".
4She yelled at ............... without any provocation.
Wrong!
Use the object pronoun "me" after the preposition "at".
5That is ...............
Wrong!
Use the possessive pronoun "mine" when no noun follows.
6............... bag is this?
Wrong!
Use "Whose" to ask who owns something.
7This is my car. Is that ...............?
Wrong!
Use the possessive pronoun "yours" when no noun follows.
8I couldn’t believe ............... eyes.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "my" and "my own" can naturally modify "eyes" here.
9I did it ............... because there was no one to help me.
Wrong!
Use the emphatic pronoun "myself" to mean that I did it without help.
10Please do it ...............
Wrong!
Use the reflexive pronoun "yourself" when the person addressed must do the action personally.
11I cut ............... while shaving.
Wrong!
Use the reflexive pronoun "myself" because the subject and object are the same person.
12She admired ............... in the mirror.
Wrong!
Use the reflexive pronoun "herself" because she admired her own reflection.
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- When I have guests, I cook dinner for them.
- When she realized her mistake, she laughed at herself.
- Susie prevented me from entering her room.
- She yelled at me without any provocation.
- That is mine.
- Whose bag is this?
- This is my car. Is that yours?
- I couldn’t believe my / my own eyes.
- I did it myself because there was no one to help me.
- Please do it yourself.
- I cut myself while shaving.
- She admired herself in the mirror.