Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option:
I fell and hurt ________.

• A. himself
• B. myself
• C. me
• D. ourselves

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

myself

Reflexive pronouns are pronouns used when the action done by the subject, reflects back on that subject.

Option B: In the given sentence, the action 'fell' took place by the subject 'I' and the reaction was on 'I'. The reflexive pronoun for 'I' is 'myself'. Hence option B is correct.

Option A: 'Himself' is the reflexive pronoun in the second person narrative. It does not refer to 'I', the first person narrative.

Option C: 'Me' is an object pronoun that refers to 'I', but it's not reflexive.

Option D: 'Ourselves' is in the first person plural whereas 'I' is first person singular.

Hence options A, C and D are wrong.