Reflexive pronouns

[uta]

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #40 "Reflexive Pronouns", question 8

Icarus said he would try and he promised his father: I will not injure ..........

(a) yourself
(b) myself
(c) ourselves

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #40 "Reflexive Pronouns", answer 8

Icarus said he would try and he promised his father: I will not injure myself.

Correct answer: (b) myself
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Why the answer is 'myself'?

Uta

[Alan]

Hi,

'I' would be followed by 'myself' as 'you -yourself' 'he himself' and so on.

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[Tamara]

By the way, the right answer implies knowing The legend of Icarus.
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[Mister Micawber]

Not really, Tamara-- we could put any name in the sentence and it would still require the same answer:

George/Lance/ Evel Knievel said he would try and he promised his father: 'I will not injure myself'.
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[Tamara]

In my view, Mister Micawber, the right answer still depends on the particular situation.

I (as an ESL learner who is unfamiliar with the legend :)) might think, for example, that Icarus is a young boy
being devoted by karate who is asked by his father to show him some… newly learned exercises, by using his father’s belly (that is a far cry from (a?) 'flat stomach', in fact :) )
And that boy Icarus is just going to do a try. :)

Wouldn’t ‘yourself’ be the right answer in this case? :)
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[Torsten]

Hi Tamara, you can either insure yourself or somebody else. Take a look at these examples:

I will not injure myself.
I will not injure you.
You will not injure yourself.
You will not injure yourselves.

In all of these cases it's clear who is the subject and who the object. If you start your sentence with "I" as the subject, you can either use the object you or the reflexive pronoun myself.

TOEIC listening, photographs: Riding horses

[Tamara]

injure

Ok. Thanks.
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[Torsten]

Thanks for pointing out that typo, it would have worked with insure too:-)

TOEIC listening, photographs: Working with an ox

[Tamara]

:)

[Alan]

Hi Tamara,

The name 'reflexive' wouldn't accept that. 'I' can't be reflected by 'ourselves'.

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[Conchita]

Tamara, you could say 'I will (not) insure us', 'I'll make us some supper' or 'I'll buy us a round', for example.

[Tamara]

[Conchita]

[Yah]

Hello,
Would you please tell me how to use pronouns (myself......; other.....) in English ?
Thank you.

[Mister Micawber]

What do your dots ('......') mean?
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