Question

Select a suitable pronoun to complete the sentence:

Very young children should not go swimming by ______.

• A. ourselves
• B. himself
• C. themselves
• D. myself

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

themselves

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 'children'.

'Himself' and 'Themselves' are the reflexive pronouns for the singular and plural third persons respectively. As in the given sentence a plural noun is used, the reflexive pronoun 'themselves' must be the answer.

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

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

The reflexive pronoun for singular first person 'me' is 'myself'. Thus option D is the incorrect.