Identify the part of speech or the form of a part of speech in the underlined portion of the next sentence.

The children steadily eased themselves into the cold water of the neighborhood pool.
A. common noun

B. proper noun

C. pronoun

D. adjective

underlined is themselves

C

You're right.

I think its C too because pronouns is a word or form that substitutes for a noun or noun phrase.

The part of speech in the underlined portion "themselves" is a pronoun.

To determine the part of speech or form of a part of speech in a sentence, you should first identify the underlined word or phrase. In this case, the underlined portion is "themselves."

To determine the part of speech or form of a part of speech of "themselves," you should consider its function in the sentence. In this sentence, "themselves" is used as a reflexive pronoun.

Therefore, the correct answer is C. pronoun.