Finish the park ranger's amusing log entry about some overly confident tourists. Match each blank with the appropriate word.
The tourists insisted on building the massive eight-person tent by themselves, refusing any of my offers to help.
Sarah, the group leader, proudly declared she had chopped all the firewood herself.
"Did you guys pack the snacks yourselves, or did you forget those too?" I asked them with a smile.
The tourists insisted on building the massive eight-person tent by themselves, refusing any of my offers to help.
"By themselves" is a common phrase meaning "alone" or "without help," reflecting the plural subject "tourists" (they).
Sarah, the group leader, proudly declared she had chopped all the firewood herself.
"Herself" is used as an intensive pronoun to emphasize that Sarah (she) did the chopping personally.
"Did you guys pack the snacks yourselves, or did you forget those too?" I asked them with a smile.
"Yourselves" is the plural reflexive pronoun matching the plural subject "you guys."