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English grammar questions please solve​

Answer 1

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1. himself.
2. herself.
3. itself.
4. herself.
5. ourselves.

Extra Information:

Study the following examples.

He killed himself.

Remove the pronoun himself and you will get ‘He killed’. Does it make complete sense? No, it doesn’t. So, the pronoun was reflexive.

✧A reflexive pronoun acts as the object of a transitive verb. If you remove it, some meaning will be lost.

Now consider another example.

Sophie herself told me that she was going abroad.

Remove the pronoun herself from the sentence. Does the sentence still make sense? Yes, it does.

✧An emphatic pronoun merely puts an emphasis on a noun or pronoun. It can be removed without causing any ungrammaticality.

Answer 2

Answer:

a. After the burglary, Vinod kicked himself for not locking the main door.

b. Mother herself spoke to the teacher.

c. The baby admired itself in the mirror.

d. She herself went to dry the clothes.

e. We ourselves made the pappads this year.

Explanation:

Both the 'emphatic' and 'reflexive' pronouns are same.

For masculine forms we use 'himself', feminine forms we use 'herself', common nouns are used by 'itself', plurals are used by 'ourselves'

Here, in the c. The baby is a genderless noun. Hence, we use itself

❖ Learn more :

⟡ What is a reflexive pronoun?

=> Reflexive pronouns are the words which refer back to a person or thing.

For eg. myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves, etc.

Hope it helps!