Question

Select a suitable pronoun to complete the sentence:

'Who was Tom with when you saw him?'

'Nobody. He was by ________ .'

• A. herself
• B. himself
• C. myself
• D. itself

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.

Options A and D are incorrect.

'Myself' is the reflexive pronoun of the first person singular pronoun. Thus option C is also incorrect.