Question

Select an appropriate pronoun-
Be careful! That pan is very hot. Don’t burn ______.
A) Himself
B) Yourself
C) Itself
D) Themselves

Answer 1

Hint: Here, the speaker is warning the other person. He doesn't want the other person to get hurt by the heat that the "pan" is producing.

Complete answer:
In the given question, the blank has to be filled in with. a pronoun. A pronoun is a word that can function as a noun phrase used by itself and that refers either to the participants in the discourse (e.g. I, you ) or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse (e.g. she, it, this ).

Now we will examine all the options to find out the correct option :

Option ‘A’ is Himself. Himself is used as the object of a verb or preposition to refer to a male person or animal previously mentioned as the subject of the clause. For example: The steward introduced himself as Pete.

Option ‘B’ is Yourself. Yourself is used to refer to the person being addressed as the object of a verb or preposition when they are also subject of the clause. For example: Help yourself girls.

Option ‘C’ is Itself. Itself is used as the object of a verb or preposition to refer to a thing or animal previously mentioned as the subject of the clause. For example: His horse hurt itself.

Option ‘D’ is Themselves. Themselves is used as the object of a verb outer preposition to refer to a group of people or things previously mentioned as the subject of the clause. For example: Countries unable to look after themselves.

As we have examined all the options. The correct option is option 'B', yourself.

Note: Myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself are all singular - they refer to one person (or a 'thing' for itself). Ourselves, yourselves and themselves are all plural - they refer to more than one person.