FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT IN ENGLISH 10

REFLEXIVE AND INTENSIVE PRONOUNS

NAME______________________________ GRADE 10 __________ DATE________ SCORE____

Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. What kind of pronoun reflects the action of the sentence back to the subject?
a. subject pronoun b. reflexive pronoun c. object pronoun d. intensive pronoun
2. Which pronoun is incorrect?
a. hisself b. herself c. ourselves d. itself
3. Which pronoun is incorrect?
a. herself b. yourselves c. itself d. theirself
4. You should buy yourself a new computer.
a. reflexive b. intensive
5. Is the pronoun in red a reflexive or intensive pronoun?
Georgene surprised herself when she passed her driving test the first time she took it.
a. reflexive b. intensive
6. Is the pronoun in red reflexive or intensive?
Don't give yourself a headache over the price tag on that car!
a. reflexive b. intensive
7. Is the pronoun in red reflexive or intensive?
The class completed the quiz game themselves.
a. reflexive b. intensive
8. Jane is a baby and she is too small to eat by _____________.
a. myself b. herself c. itself d. himself
9. Peter is very lazy. He always copies his friends' homework and never does it by ________.
a. myself b. yourself c. yourselves d. himself
10. Don't help us, Dad. Jill and I can paint the car all by ______________.
a. myself b. themselves c. ourselves d. yourselves
11. You are five years old, Danny. You can comb your hair by ____________ now.
a. yourself b. yourselves c. himself d. herself
12. Hi, Martin! Hi, Rebecca! Please come in and make ______________ at home.
a. yourself b. ourselves c. yourselves d. themselves
13. I wrote this poem _______________.
a. yourself b. myself c. itself d. herself
14. The woman accidentally hurt _____________ with the knife.
a. herself b. himself c. themselves d. yourself
15. You can't do this for me. I have to do it _______________.
a. yourself b. ourselves c. myself d. himself

Identify the reflective and intensive pronouns in each of the following sentences and indicate
whether each is reflexive or intensive.

1. Ted promised himself to work harder next semester. ________________

2. The jurors could not agree among themselves. ________________
3. The students made the scenery themselves. ________________
4. Ethel promised herself a reward for her hard work. ________________
5. The mayor presented the new program herself. ________________
6. We cooked the whole meal ourselves. ________________
7. Some animals protect themselves through camouflage. ________________
8. The pitcher scored the winning run himself. _______________
9. Have you asked yourselves why you are here? ________________
10. The players prepared themselves by staying in shape. ________________