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What does 'themselves' point? Is that 'birds'?



 
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What does 'themselves' point? Is that 'birds'? #1 (permalink) Mon May 21, 2007 10:49 am   What does 'themselves' point? Is that 'birds'?
 

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #40 "Reflexive Pronouns", question 6

He had watched birds fly by throwing ......... into the air.

(a) yourselves
(b) themselves
(c) ourselves

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #40 "Reflexive Pronouns", answer 6

He had watched birds fly by throwing themselves into the air.

Correct answer: (b) themselves
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What does 'themselves' point? Is that 'birds'? #2 (permalink) Mon May 21, 2007 11:05 am   What does 'themselves' point? Is that 'birds'?
 

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What does 'themselves' point? Is that 'birds'? #3 (permalink) Thu Mar 19, 2009 13:31 pm   What does 'themselves' point? Is that 'birds'?
 

He threw the birds into the air?
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What does 'themselves' point? Is that 'birds'? #4 (permalink) Thu Mar 19, 2009 14:30 pm   What does 'themselves' point? Is that 'birds'?
 

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No, the pronoun is reflexive. Please study that grammar word.
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What does 'themselves' point? Is that 'birds'? #5 (permalink) Thu Mar 19, 2009 15:07 pm   What does 'themselves' point? Is that 'birds'?
 

''He had watched birds fly by throwing themselves into the air.''Please write this sentence in other, equivalent words for my better understanding.
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What does 'themselves' point? Is that 'birds'? #6 (permalink) Thu Mar 19, 2009 15:09 pm   What does 'themselves' point? Is that 'birds'?
 

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Did you study REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS?
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