Question

Select a suitable pronoun to complete the sentence:

Please try and understand how I feel by putting _______ in my position.

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

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

yourself

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 speaker is addressing to someone. That person must be second person.

The reflexive pronoun for singular second person is 'yourself'. Thus option C is the correct answer.

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

'Ourselves' is the reflexive pronoun for the plural first person. Thus option D is also incorrect.

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