Fill in the blank with the correct pronoun:
Don’t just take my word for it, boys. Go to the office and read the notice ________.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → yourselves
Complete sentence: Don’t just take my word for it, boys. Go to the office and read the notice yourselves. The speaker is talking to the boys, so the pronoun stands for “you”, and there are many of them.
| Option | Form and use | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) yourselves (answer) | an emphatic pronoun, added to stress that a person did something and nobody else; it can come at the end of the sentence | Girls, you must pack your bags yourselves. |
| (2) yourself | used when you speak to one person only | Riya, you can carry this bag yourself. |
| (3) themselves | stands for people being talked about, not the people spoken to | The children decorated the hall themselves. |
| (4) ourselves | always includes the speaker | We cooked the whole dinner ourselves. |