IXL | Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns

Select the best pronoun to complete the sentence.

Zach

followed up with

herself

by email.

her

herself

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question

Select the best pronoun to complete the sentence.

Jacob

glanced at

himself

in the mirror.

himself

myself

key idea

Reflexive pronouns are pronouns that end in -self or -selves.

Subject (singular)	Reflexive pronoun
I	myself
you	yourself
she	herself
he	himself
it	itself

Subject (plural)	Reflexive pronoun
we	ourselves
you	yourselves
they	themselves

Reflexive pronouns are used to refer back to the subject of a sentence. They should match the subject.

We helped ourselves to some more soup.

The subject of the sentence is we, so use ourselves.

Amy drives herself to work every morning.

The subject of the sentence, Amy, can be called she, so use herself.

A reflexive pronoun can only be used to refer to the subject. To refer to someone else or something else, a personal pronoun, like me, you, him, her, it, us, or them, should be used instead.

Jake wrote a note for himself.

The reflexive pronoun, himself, refers back to the subject, Jake.

Jake wrote a note for him.

The personal pronoun, him, must refer to someone other than the subject, Jake.

solution

The missing pronoun refers to the subject, so it should be a reflexive pronoun.

The subject, Jacob, can be called he. Use the matching reflexive pronoun, himself.

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