Question

Fill in the blanks with suitable reflexive or emphasising pronouns:
Do the work _______ you lazy boy! Your laziness will one day land you into trouble and God _______ will not be able to save you.

• A. ourselves, itself
  
• B. yourself, itself
  
• C. itself, ourselves
  
• D. yourself, himself

Answer 1

The correct option is D yourself, 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 second person is 'yourself'. As the subject and object of the first sentence is second person singular noun, 'yourself; must fill the first blank.

We can thus eliminate options A and C as incorrect answers.

The reflexive pronoun for singular third person is 'himself','herself' or 'itself' according to the gender of the noun. Since, God is regarded as 'Him', 'Himself' must fill the second blank.

Thus option D is the correct answer and option B is incorrect.