Question

Fill in blank [5] with a suitable word:

• A. herself
• B. themselves
• C. hisself
• D. himself

Answer 1

The correct option is D himself

Here, a proper pronoun must be used which refers to the person in the passage. Since we are referring to a single person i.e Rusty, option B can be rejected since it is used only with plurals i.e when more than one person is being considered. Now, we can see from the previous sentences that Rusty is a male by the continuous use of the pronoun 'he' in the sentences. Hence, the correct answer is D. himself. Note that hisself is not a proper word and is not defined for the English language.

The correct answer is D. himself