Identify the correct type of pronoun in the following sentence: I enjoyed myself during the holidays. Here, Myself is a pronoun.

Question

Identify the correct type of pronoun in the following sentence:

I enjoyed myself during the holidays. Here, Myself is a pronoun.

1. A. demonstrative
2. B. possessive
3. C. distributive
4. D. reflexive (Correct answer)

Correct Answer

Option D — reflexive

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is reflexive.

Key Points

• In the sentence 'I enjoyed myself during the holidays,' the word 'myself' is a reflexive pronoun.
• A reflexive pronoun ends in -self / -selves (myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves) and is used when the subject and object of the verb are the same person — here the person who enjoyed and the person enjoyed are both 'I'.
• distinguish reflexive use ('I enjoyed myself' — object of the verb) from emphatic (intensive) use ('I myself cooked the meal' — added only for emphasis).
• The other options are wrong: demonstrative (this, that), possessive (my, mine), distributive (each, every).

Exam Tip

• a reflexive pronoun is essential to the sentence's meaning and follows the verb; an emphatic pronoun can be removed without changing the basic meaning.