Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option:
I am teaching ________ to speak English.
a) himself
b) yourself
c) us
d) myself

Answer 1

Hint: A pronoun is a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase. For example- he, she, it, they, us.

Complete answer:
In the given question, we have to find out which of the options given to us is the reflexive form of the pronoun ‘I’, as the subject in the sentence is ‘I’.
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question-
Option (a.), 'himself', refers to ‘(reflexive) him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.’ Therefore, option (a.) is incorrect as it is not the reflexive form of ‘I’.
Option (b.), ‘yourself', refers to ‘(reflexive) Your own self.’Therefore, option (b.) is incorrect as it is not the reflexive form of ‘I’.
Option (c.), ‘us', refers to ‘(personal) me and at least one other person; the objective case of we.’Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect as it is not the reflexive form of ‘I’.
Option (d.), ‘myself', refers to ‘(reflexive) Me, as direct or indirect object the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition, when the speaker is also the subject.’Therefore, option (d.) is correct as it is the reflexive form of ‘I’.

Note:
In this question, it will be helpful for the student to recall the concept of reflexive pronouns. A reflexive pronoun is a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent.