Reflexive pronouns are used to suggest that the object of the verb is the same person or thing as the subject in the given statement. Reflexive pronouns are: myself, ourselves, yourself, yourselves, himself, herself, themselves, itself.

When the same pronouns are used to emphasize that the subject of the statement is the doer of the action too, we call them Emphasizing pronouns. e.g. Raju himself finished the task.

Fill in the blanks with a suitable reflexive/emphasizing pronoun: [Specify where it is reflexive(R) and where emphasizing(E)]

1. The watchman hurt ______________________ while jumping over the fence to catch the thief.
2. I ______________________ prepared this pasta for my friends.
3. My sister loves to admire _____________________ in the mirror.
4. My parents drove to the stadium _______________________ to watch my school’s Annual Day Program.
5. He _____________________ lost the treasure map in the woods.
6. Nobody will love you if you don’t love ________________________.
7. They _________________________ shifted all the furniture to their new apartment across the street.
8. We painted the walls of our room ___________________________.
9. I baked this cake for _____________________.
10. They picked a number of mangoes and apples for __________________________.
11. Sanya _______________________ called her friends for her birthday party.
12. You need to place __________________________ in different groups for this activity.
13. My sisters _________________________ created a book library at home for family and friends.
14. We __________________________ got the tickets booked for the movie tonight.
15. The dragon pulled _____________________ out of the castle with the help of a rope.

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Answers:

1. himself (R)
2. myself (E)
3. herself (R)
4. themselves (R)
5. himself (E)
6. yourself (R)
7. themselves (E)
8. ourselves (R)
9. myself (R)
10. themselves (R)
11. herself (E)
12. yourselves (R)
13. themselves (E)
14. ourselves (E)
15. itself (R)