Select the option that completes the sentence CORRECTLY. My cousin felt…

Concept

A reflexive pronoun (myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves) is used when the subject and the object of a verb or preposition refer to the SAME person or thing. The reflexive must agree with its antecedent in PERSON, NUMBER and GENDER.

Application

The subject of the sentence is "My cousin", who is later referred to as "he" and "his". This antecedent is third person, singular and masculine. The blank is the object of the preposition "with" and refers back to that same person, so the reflexive pronoun must also be third person, singular, masculine: "himself".

Completed sentence: "My cousin felt annoyed with himself when he saw what had happened due to his ignorance."

Contrast

• "myself" is first person singular and would need the speaker (I) as the subject, but the subject here is "My cousin", not the speaker.

• "oneself" is an impersonal, generic reflexive used with the pronoun "one"; it does not match a specific, named third-person subject like "My cousin".

• "itself" is third person singular but neuter; it is used for things or animals, not for a male human referred to as "he".