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Fill in the blanks with suitable reflexive or emphasising pronouns:
I was _____ keen to learn cooking. I felt ashamed to think that by ________ I could not prepare even a simple cup of tea.
Fill in the blanks with suitable reflexive or emphasising pronouns:
I was _____ keen to learn cooking. I felt ashamed to think that by ________ I could not prepare even a simple cup of tea.
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Solution
The correct option is A myself, myself
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 first person 'I' is 'myself'. Thus the first blank must be 'myself'.
We can thus eliminate options A and D as incorrect answers.The subject and object of the second sentence is also 'I'. So, the correct answer will be 'myself'.Thus option B is the correct answer. 'Ourselves' is the reflexive pronoun for the plural first person. Thus option C is also incorrect.
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 first person 'I' is 'myself'. Thus the first blank must be 'myself'.
We can thus eliminate options A and D as incorrect answers.
The subject and object of the second sentence is also 'I'. So, the correct answer will be 'myself'.
Thus option B is the correct answer.
'Ourselves' is the reflexive pronoun for the plural first person. Thus option C is also incorrect.
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