@MisterWrite 27 June 2020

Grammar Exam Featuring Pronouns P2

***We've bought a boat for _______*** . our we ourselves us Correct Answer: 3.ourselves Explanation: `When the same person is both the subject and the object in the sentence we use a reflexive pronoun after a verb or a preposition. 'Ourselves' is the right reflexive form of the personal pronoun 'We'`. ***Jill didn't answer Martin. She didn't know what to tell ______ .*** himself his him he Correct Answer: 3.him Explanation: `Here the pronoun should be used in its objective form. 'him' is the right form of the personal pronoun 'he'`. ***He went to the shop but he bought ______ .*** anything something everything nothing Correct Answer: 4.nothing Explanation: `Everything' and 'something' do not relate to the meaning of the sentence. 'Anything' is used in negative sentences. As an alternative we could use 'not anything': 'But he did not buy anything'.`