Question

Exercise 2
Fill in the blanks with a suitable reflexive pronoun or emphatic pronoun:
1. I..........
learned painting
2. I taught............
painting
3. They put.........
into unnecessary trouble by fighting with their
neighbours
for her poor performance
5. The dog hurt..........
4. She blamed ........... for her poor performance
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Answer 1

The answers are:

1. I myself learned painting.

2. I taught myself painting.

3. They put themselves into unnecessary trouble by fighting with their

neighbours for her poor performance.

5. The dog hurt itself.

4. She blamed herself for her poor performance.

1. In the above sentences, we have used reflexive and emphatic pronouns.

2. Reflexive pronouns are those pronouns that are used when the action of the verb reflects back to the subject or the doer. Some examples are:

• I fed myself the strawberries.
• She hurt herself.
• They bought themselves new clothes.

3. Emphatic pronouns or personal pronouns are those pronouns that are used to put emphasis on the noun. Some examples are:

• She will build the house herself.
• They themselves went to the party.
• He himself wrote the letter.

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