Question

Select a suitable pronoun:
What I did was very wrong. I'm ashamed of _______.
a) himself
b) myself
c) themselves
d) ourselves

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, I.

Complete answer:
In the given question, we have to select the right option which is the reflexive pronoun for ‘I’.
Before doing that, the students must understand the concept of a reflexive pronoun.
A reflexive pronoun is a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent.
For example- herself, myself.
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question:
Option (a.), 'himself', refers to the reflexive pronoun for ‘him’, which is the masculine singular third-person form.
Therefore, option (a.) is not correct as ‘I’ is the first-person pronoun.

Option (b.), ‘myself', refers to the singular reflexive pronoun in the first person.
Therefore, option (b.) is correct.

Option (c.), ‘themselves', refers to the third person plural reflexive pronoun.
Therefore, option (c.) is not correct as we need the singular reflexive pronoun in the first person.

Option (d.), ‘ourselves', refers to the plural reflexive pronoun in the first person.
Therefore, option (d.) is not the correct singular reflexive pronoun in the first person.

Note:
In this question, it will be helpful for the student to recall personal pronouns as well. A personal pronoun is a pronoun expressing a distinction of person. For example- I, her, him, they, and you, us.