Practice Test 1: Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns Quiz

Choose the reflexive or intensive pronoun in each sentence below and type the word into
the text box after the sentence and push the Submit button. Your final score will appear in
the last text box after you answer the last question.

1. The mayor himself spoke to the crowd.

Ans: himself

2. The girls gave themselves enough time to finish the project.

Ans: themselves

3. Help yourself to a snack.

Ans: yourself

4. The cat gave itself a bath.

Ans: itself

5. The actress herself wrote the script.

Ans: herself
Practice Test 2: Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns

1. One person who made ...... a career based on the sea was the authored Rachel
Carson.

Ans: herself

2. Deep-sea divers wear wetsuits to protect under the water.

Ans: themselves

3. If you were a diver, you would buy a JIM suit or helmet.

Ans: yourself

4. Divers use external air supplies to enable to breathe under water.

Ans: themselves

5. Decompression sickness manifests ......... with joint pain and can be fatal.

Ans: itself

6. Rachel Carson's first book, Under the Sea-Wind, described struggles sea creatures find
......... facing.

Ans: themselves

7. Rachel Carson's life was marked with conservation efforts that we ......... can learn from.

Ans: ourselves

8. Rachel Carson put on a diver's helmet and explored the reefs of the Florida Keys for
..........

Ans: herself
9. The bends occurs when divers raise ......... to the surface too quickly.

Ans: itself

10. A diver must supply ......... with a mixture of oxygen and different gasses.

Ans: himself
Practice Test 3: Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns

Intensive 1. I found the treasure box myself.

Intensive 2. You yourself should know the rules for the pronoun usage.

Reflexive 3. When Jeremy found his wallet, he bought himself an ice cream.

Intensive 4. The mayor himself gave me this award.

Reflexive 5. My sister bought herself a birthday present.

Reflexive 6. My neighbors found themselves involved in a lawsuit.

Intensive 7. The police officer herself witnessed the accident.

Reflexive 8. Four students found themselves locked out of the room when they were late

to class.

Intensive 9. I gave you that worksheet myself so I know you have it.

Reflexive 10. The television announcer couldnt hear himself speaking, so he spoke

louder and louder.