fill in the blanks with possessives or self-froms:
vinay saw.........in the mirror.
they enjoyed...........in the party last night.
Answers
The answers of the given fill in the blanks are as follows -
- Vinay saw himself in the mirror.
As per the situation and usage of self forms, mentioned in the given sentence, it is obvious that Vinay saw his own image in the mirror. That's why, we used "himself" in this sentence. Vinay is a boy/man that's why 'himself' is used instead of 'herself'.
- They enjoyed themselves in the party last night.
As per the situation and uses of self forms mentioned in the given sentence comet is obvious that usage of "themselves" is totally correct usage of the self forms.
Answer:
Vinay saw himself in the mirror.
They enjoyed themselves in the party last night.
Explanation:
The underlined words are called reflexive pronouns. Reflexive pronouns are words such as myself, ourselves, himself, herself, themselves, yourself, yourselves, itself, etc. that are used to describe the action of the subject on itself as shown in the examples below:
While playing, I hurt myself.
Great personalities train themselves to achieve higher goals of life.
He washed himself after he fell in the muddy water.