A. Fill up the blanks with reflexive or emphasizing pronouns. 1. Jimmy and Ritu introduced ______ (herself/themselves) to the party members. 2. There is no way you could have finished the whole cake ______ (yourself/itself). 3. Mansi has decorated the room for Tiya's surprise birthday party. She is very pleased with ______ (herself/itself). 4. Gagan's parents don't want to leave him alone. But he insists that he can look after ______ (themselves/himself). 5. Is your dog Tiger not well? He keeps scratching ______ (itself/himself). 6. The baby looked at ______ (itself/myself) in the mirror and giggled. 7. We can overcome anything if we believe in ______ (itself/ourselves). 8. I will not speak to Gaurav on your behalf. You should do it... ______ (himself/yourself). B. Answer the following questions using Emphasizing pronouns. The first one has been done for you. 1. Who painted the house? We painted it ourselves. 2. Who washes your car? I 3. Do you want me to tell Mother about this? No, I 4. Can you get me a glass of water? Why can't you 5. Who told you Lipika was ill? Lipika
Answer (1)
A.
Jimmy and Ritu introduced themselves to the party members.
This sentence uses the reflexive pronoun 'themselves' to indicate that Jimmy and Ritu did the action of introducing. Since the subject is plural, 'themselves' is used.
There is no way you could have finished the whole cake yourself .
Here, 'yourself' is the reflexive pronoun showing that 'you' are the one who finished the cake, emphasizing that it was done by you alone.
Mansi has decorated the room for Tiya's surprise birthday party. She is very pleased with herself .
'Herself' is the correct reflexive pronoun because it refers back to Mansi, indicating that she is pleased with what she did.
Gagan's parents don't want to leave him alone. But he insists that he can look after himself .
'Himself' is the reflexive pronoun here, referring to Gagan, showing that he believes he can take care of himself.
Is your dog Tiger not well? He keeps scratching himself .
'Himself' is used as the reflexive pronoun to show the dog Tiger is doing the action to his own body.
The baby looked at itself in the mirror and giggled.
Here, 'itself' is used for the baby since we typically use 'itself' for babies, plants, and objects.
We can overcome anything if we believe in ourselves .
'Ourselves' is the reflexive pronoun referring to the group 'we', indicating belief within the group.
I will not speak to Gaurav on your behalf. You should do it... yourself .
'Yourself' emphasizes that the person being addressed should take the action without assistance.
B.
Who washes your car?
I wash it myself .
Using 'myself' emphasizes that the speaker does the action of washing without help from others.
Do you want me to tell Mother about this?
No, I will tell her myself .
This response uses 'myself' to stress that the speaker will take responsibility for speaking to Mother.
Can you get me a glass of water?
Why can't you get it yourself ?
Here, 'yourself' highlights that the person should perform the action on their own.
Who told you Lipika was ill?
Lipika told me herself .
The use of 'herself' indicates Lipika personally provided the information.
