Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
Why didn't you ask ___ to help ___?

• A. somebody / your
• B. anybody / you
• C. anyone / yourself
• D. somebody / yourselves
• E. anybody / some

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

anybody / you

Indefinite pronouns refer to persons or things we do not know.

The sentence refers to a person. It is an interrogative sentence asked to another person.

So, the last blank must be second person singular 'you'.

We cannot used reflexive pronoun as 'you' does not serve as the subject and object of the verb. It also not an object pronoun. So, we cannot use 'your'.

Both 'somebody' and 'anybody' is used to refer to persons. 'Somebody' is used in a positive sense and 'anybody' is used in a negative sense.

Since the sentence is a negative one, 'anybody' must be used.

Thus option B is the correct answer.

Options A,C,D,E are incorrect.