Relative and Intensive Pronouns — Answer Key
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. Which word in this sentence is a relative pronoun? The boy who finished first won a prize.
A) boy
B) who
C) finished
D) prize
Who is the relative pronoun because it introduces the clause who finished first describing the boy.
2. Which sentence has the underlined pronoun used as intensive: She herself wrote the letter?
A) Reflexive
B) Relative
C) Intensive
D) Possessive
Herself only emphasizes she, and the sentence still makes sense without it, so herself is intensive.
3. Which choice correctly completes the sentence? The trophy ___ I won is on my shelf.
A) who
B) whom
C) that
D) whose
That introduces an essential relative clause about the thing trophy, so it is the correct relative pronoun.
4. Which sentence uses a reflexive pronoun?
A) I made the costume myself for the play.
B) The dog scratched itself behind the ear.
C) The coach himself led the warm up.
D) We ourselves chose the captain.
The dog scratched itself uses itself as the object that receives the scratching, which is reflexive.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. The scientist who discovered the comet visited our school.
Who is the relative pronoun used to introduce a clause that describes a person such as a scientist.
2. The students prepared the snacks themselves for the party.
Themselves is the intensive pronoun that matches and emphasizes the plural subject students in the sentence.
3. He hurt himself while skateboarding at the park.
Himself is reflexive because the hurting action returns to the subject he as the object.
4. The painting that hangs in the hallway is mine.
That introduces an essential relative clause that describes a thing, like the painting in the hallway.
5. I myself wrote the poem for our class book.
Myself is an intensive pronoun that emphasizes the first person singular subject I in the sentence.