Question

Choose the option that best fills in the blank:
We saw the President _____.

• A. himself
• B. itself
• C. themselves
• D. myself

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

himself

When the subject and the object of the verb is the same person or thing, we use a reflexive pronoun. When reflexive pronouns are used to put emphasis on a particular noun, they are called emphatic pronouns.

The reflexive pronoun for singular third person is 'himself','herself' or 'itself' according to the gender of the noun.

In the given sentence the noun is a male. So, the reflexive pronoun used must be 'himself'.

Thus option A is the correct answer.

Option B is incorrect.

'Themselves' is the reflexive pronoun for third person plural.

Thus option C is also incorrect.

The reflexive pronoun and emphasising pronoun for singular first person 'I' is 'myself'. Thus option D is incorrect.