What is the type of pronouns of underlined words in the below sentence. "Did you do it yourself?"

Question

What is the type of pronouns of underlined words in the below sentence.

"Did you do it yourself?"

1. A. Personal pronoun, Reflexive pronoun (Correct answer)
2. B. Personal pronoun, Personal pronoun
3. C. Interrogative pronoun, Reflexive Pronoun
4. D. Interrogative pronoun, Demonstrative pronoun

Correct Answer

Option A — Personal pronoun, Reflexive pronoun

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is Personal pronoun, Reflexive pronoun.

Key Points

• You is a personal pronoun, referring directly to the person addressed.
• Yourself is a reflexive pronoun, formed with *-self* and pointing back to the subject of the sentence.
• Here *yourself* is used emphatically, stressing that the action was done without help.
• The sentence is a question, but that does not make *you* an interrogative pronoun — interrogatives are words such as *who*, *what* and *which*.

Additional Information

• The eight reflexive pronouns are myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves and themselves.
• The same forms serve two functions: reflexive, where the subject acts on itself (*She hurt herself*), and emphatic or intensive, where the pronoun merely adds stress (*I myself saw it*). The emphatic use can be deleted without breaking the sentence; the reflexive use cannot.
• *Hisself* and *theirselves* are non-standard; the correct forms are always himself and themselves.