Question

Which sentence in the passage uses an intensive pronoun?

*(choices are in all caps)*
Julie and Ronnie entered the café. *(THEY SPOTTED A VACANT TABLE NEAR THE WINDOW WITH A SEA VIEW.)* *(THE GIRLS IMMEDIATELY THREW THE HEAVY BAGS ON THE SEATS AND MADE THEMSELVES CONFORMABLE)*. Ronnie spotted the tall, lanky waiter, who always seemed to be smirking at something. *(HE WORE A CURIOUSLY QUIET EXPRESSION TODAY.)* Ronnie called out to him—“Hey, Tommy.”
*(BUT TOMMY WAS BUSY OBSERVING HIMSELF IN THE MIRROR BEHIND THE BARTENDER.)* *( FINALLY, RONNIE HERSELF WALKED UP TO HIM AND ORDERED TWO LATTES.)*

Answer 1

The sentence using an intensive pronoun is the one where the girls made themselves comfortable, with 'themselves' being the intensive pronoun emphasizing the girls.

Step-by-step explanation:

The sentence in the passage that uses an intensive pronoun is: (THE GIRLS IMMEDIATELY THREW THE HEAVY BAGS ON THE SEATS AND MADE THEMSELVES CONFORMABLE). An intensive pronoun is used to emphasize a preceding noun or pronoun, and in this case, 'themselves' is used to emphasize the subject, 'the girls.'

Answer 2

The girls immediately threw the heavy bags on the seats and made themselves conformable.

Step-by-step explanation:

Intensive pronouns are used to add emphasis to the subject or antecedent of the sentence. You'll usually find the intensive pronoun right after the noun or pronoun it's modifying, but not necessarily. Intensive pronouns include myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves.