6th Grade Unit 1 Grammar

When the team lost the game, the players blamed _________________.

• itself

• themselves

• himself

• yourselves

The pitcher ___________ said that he had not pitched his best game.

• myself

• himself

• yourself

• themselves

Alonzo and _________ agreed that the other team had simply played better.

• I

• me

• himself

• ourselves

Which sentence uses an intensive pronoun correctly?

• Herself Mayor Ramirez is a great fan and attends every single game.

• Mayor Ramirez themselves is a great fan and attends every single game.

• Mayor Ramirez is a great fan itself and attends every single game.

• Mayor Ramirez herself is a great fan and attends every single game.

Which sentence uses an reflexive pronoun correctly?

• She told the winning team, "All of yourselves should be proud."

• She told the winning team, "All of you should be proud of themselves."

• She told the winning team, "All of you should be proud of yourselves."

• She told the winning team, "All of you should be proud of you."

Raul is proud of _________ writing and always proofreads it carefully.

• his

• theirs

• its

• ours

Noah offered to let Shayla read his poem if he could read ________.

• her

• its

• hers

• their

Someday I hope to write as well as ______________ favorite author, Christopher Paul Curtis.

• hers

• my

• mine

• ours

How do you come up with _______________ unusual ideas for characters?

• theirs

• your

• yours

• ours

We brought our writing journals, but the twins forgot ___________.

• our

• your

• their

• theirs