Question

Fill in the blank with a suitable reflexive pronoun from the options given below:
They agreed amongst ____ that they would tell anyone.
(A) herself
(B) himself
(C) themselves
(D) myself

Answer 1

Hint: Reflexive Pronouns are used as a direct object when the object is the same as the subject of the verb. There are nine reflexive pronouns- myself, yourself, himself, herself, oneself, itself, ourself, yourself, and themselves.

Complete answer:
In the above question, the speaker is talking about a group of people.
Option (A) ‘herself’ is the reflexive pronoun of the pronoun ‘her’ and the question is talking about a group of people. Therefore, Option(A) is incorrect.
Option (B) ‘himself’ is the reflexive pronoun of the pronoun ‘he’. Therefore, option(b) is also incorrect.
Option (C) ‘themselves’ is the reflexive pronoun of the pronoun ‘they’. Therefore option(c) is the correct option.
Option(D) ‘myself’ is the reflexive pronoun of the pronoun ‘I’. Therefore option(D) is incorrect.

Additional information-
‘Yourself’ is the reflexive pronoun of the pronoun ‘your’. For example- Be careful with nails, you might hurt yourself.
‘herself’ is the reflexive pronoun of the pronoun ‘she’. For example- She made herself a bowl of Maggi.
‘itself’ is the reflexive pronoun of the pronoun ‘it’. For Example- The bug found itself caught.
‘ourself’ is the reflexive pronoun of the pronoun ‘we’. For Example- We don’t have to go out, we can cook dinner ourselves.

Note:
A reflexive pronoun ends with self or selves such as yourself, myself, themselves, herself, himself, etc. For example- Be careful with nails, you might hurt yourself. In the above question it was about the group of people ‘they’ so the correct reflexive pronoun is ‘themselves’.
So, the correct answer is an option(C)- themselves
They agreed amongst themselves that they would tell anyone.