2nd Grade Writing Quiz: Use Reflexive Pronouns

What this quiz covers

This quiz focuses on Use Reflexive Pronouns, giving you a quick way to practice the rules, question types, and explanations that matter most for 2nd Grade Writing.

How to use this quiz

Try each quiz question before looking at the correct answer. Use the explanations to review missed ideas, then come back to similar questions until the pattern feels familiar.

Question 1

1. myself (correct answer)
2. me
3. ourselves

Explanation: This tests reflexive pronouns. When 'I' do something to myself, we use 'myself.' The word 'myself' shows that I did it to me.

Question 2

1. us
2. ourselves (correct answer)
3. themselves

Explanation: This tests reflexive pronouns. We enjoyed ourselves at the park. When 'we' do something together, we use 'ourselves'.

Question 3

1. me
2. myself (correct answer)
3. ourselves

Explanation: This tests reflexive pronouns. When 'I' do something to me, I use 'myself.' It's like a mirror word!

Question 4

1. us
2. ourselves (correct answer)
3. myself
4. himself

Explanation: This tests CCSS.L.2.1.c (using reflexive pronouns like myself, yourself, himself, herself, ourselves, themselves correctly). A reflexive pronoun is a special pronoun that ends in -self or -selves and is used when someone does an action to or for themselves. Reflexive pronouns must match the subject: I→myself, you (one person)→yourself, he→himself, she→herself, it→itself, we→ourselves, you (many people)→yourselves, they→themselves. For example: 'I made myself lunch' (I did it for me), 'She taught herself to read' (she taught her own self), 'We enjoyed ourselves at the party' (we had fun - we did). Choice B is correct because 'ourselves' matches the subject 'We' in person and number. This correctly shows We did the action to/for ourselves. Choice A is an object pronoun not reflexive. Second graders often use me instead of myself, confuse which reflexive goes with which subject, use hisself instead of himself, mix up himself and herself, use ourselves with I. To help students: Create matching chart: I-myself, you-yourself, he-himself, she-herself, it-itself, we-ourselves, you all-yourselves, they-themselves. Teach the pattern: -self for one person, -selves for more than one.

Question 5

1. ourselves (correct answer)
2. us
3. themselves

Explanation: This tests reflexive pronouns. When 'we' do something to us, we use 'ourselves.' The word 'ourselves' means we did it to us.

Question 6

1. itself (correct answer)
2. himself
3. it

Explanation: Animals and things use special pronouns too. A cat is an 'it,' so we say 'itself.' The cat cleans its own fur!

Question 7

1. yourselves
2. you
3. yourself (correct answer)

Explanation: This is about matching pronouns. When talking to one person, we say 'yourself.' It means you do it alone!

Question 8

1. himself (correct answer)
2. hisself
3. myself

Explanation: We need a word that matches Carlos. Carlos is a boy, so we say 'himself.' Remember: he + self = himself!

Question 9

1. hisself
2. himself (correct answer)
3. herself

Explanation: This tests reflexive pronouns. Carlos is a boy, so we use 'himself.' Boys use 'himself' when they do something to themselves.

Question 10

1. herself (correct answer)
2. herselves
3. yourself

Explanation: This tests reflexive pronouns. Sofia is a girl, so we use 'herself.' When girls do something to themselves, we always say 'herself.'

Question 11

1. him
2. himself (correct answer)
3. ourselves

Explanation: This tests reflexive pronouns. Jamal is a boy looking at himself. Boys use 'himself' when they do something to themselves.

Question 12

1. itself (correct answer)
2. it
3. themselves

Explanation: This tests reflexive pronouns. Animals and things use 'itself.' The cat cleaned itself means the cat cleaned its own body.

Question 13

1. herself (correct answer)
2. her
3. himself
4. themselves

Explanation: Grace is a girl doing something for herself, so the reflexive pronoun herself is correct, making answer A right. Her is an object pronoun and does not show the action returning to the subject. Himself is used for a male. Themselves is used for more than one person.

Question 14

1. us
2. ourselves (correct answer)
3. themselves

Explanation: This tests group pronouns. When 'we' do something together, we use 'ourselves.' It means our whole group!

Question 15

1. himself (correct answer)
2. herself
3. him

Explanation: This tests reflexive pronouns. Carlos made a snack for Carlos. When a boy does something for himself, we use 'himself'.

Question 16

1. themselves
2. himself (correct answer)
3. him

Explanation: This tests reflexive pronouns. Jamal smiled at Jamal in the mirror. When a boy does something to himself, we use 'himself'.

Question 17

1. themselves
2. himself
3. her
4. herself (correct answer)

Explanation: Herself is correct because it is the reflexive pronoun that matches Nina, one girl. Themselves is for more than one person. Himself is for a boy. Her does not show the action pointing back to Nina. Herself matches one girl doing something to herself.

Question 18

1. itself (correct answer)
2. himself
3. it

Explanation: This tests reflexive pronouns. The cat licked the cat's own fur. When an animal or thing does something to itself, we use 'itself'.

Question 19

1. yourself
2. myself (correct answer)
3. me

Explanation: This tests fixing wrong reflexive pronouns. 'Meself' is not a real word. The correct word when 'I' do something alone is 'myself'.

Question 20

1. yourself (correct answer)
2. yourselves
3. myself

Explanation: This tests reflexive pronouns. You can wash by yourself. When talking to one person about doing something alone, we say 'yourself'.