Relative and Intensive Pronouns — Answer Key
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. The mayor himself visited our classroom.
Himself emphasizes the singular masculine subject mayor and signals he came personally.
2. We solved the puzzle ourselves during recess.
Ourselves emphasizes the first person plural subject we, showing the group solved it alone.
3. She built the birdhouse herself from scrap wood.
Herself is the intensive pronoun used to emphasize a singular feminine subject like she.
4. The dog itself pushed the door open.
Itself emphasizes a singular animal or thing subject and stresses that the dog acted alone.
5. The twins set the table themselves last night.
Themselves emphasizes the plural subject twins and shows they did the work without help.
6. I will sweep the porch myself after dinner.
Myself is the intensive pronoun that matches the first person singular subject I in the sentence.
7. You yourself promised to walk the dog.
Yourself emphasizes the singular second person subject you and stresses personal promise.
8. You campers must pack your bags yourselves.
Yourselves is the intensive pronoun that matches a plural second person subject like you campers.
9. The chef himself greeted every diner at the table.
Himself emphasizes a singular masculine subject like chef and shows he greeted guests personally.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
The queen waved ___.
→ herself
ourselves
We baked the bread ___.
→ ourselves
themselves
I will fix the bike ___.
→ myself
herself
The kittens groomed ___.
→ themselves
myself
Intensive pronouns agree with their subject in person and number, so the queen pairs with herself and we pairs with ourselves.