Question

Select a suitable option to complete the sentence:

George cut _____ while he was shaving this morning.

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

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

himself

When the subject and the object of the verb is the same person or thing, we use a reflexive pronoun.

In the given sentence the subject and the object of the verb is 'he'.

The reflexive pronoun for singular third person is 'himself','herself' or 'itself' according to the gender of the noun.

In the given sentence the noun is a male. So, the reflexive pronoun used must be 'himself'.

Thus option B is the correct answer. Option C is incorrect.

The reflexive pronoun for singular second person is 'yourself'. Thus option A is incorrect.

'Themselves' is the reflexive pronoun for third person plural. Thus option D is also incorrect.