Name: Luis Zurita Condor

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Reflexive

Pronouns

Pronouns

I
You
He
She
It
We
You

Myself
Yourself
Himself
Herself
Itself
Ourselves

We use reflexive pronouns to show that we are talking about

the same person or thing. They are used:
after certain verbs (kill, cut, behave, burn, enjoy, hurt, look
at, teach, etc) when the subject and the object of the
verb are the same person.
Ive cut myself with the knife.
with the preposition by to show that someone does something
by himself without help.

Roy can fix his toy by himself.

Yourselves
They
Themselves
Look at the pictures and complete the sentences with the correct reflexive pronoun.
Look! I draw a picture of myselfWe were cold so we warmed ourseleves.The
monkey is looking at itselfWatch out! Youll hurt yourselvesTim fell down
and hurt himselfLilly taught herself. how to ride a bike.

B.

Fill each gap with the correct reflexive

pronoun.
1. Lucy is making herself a new dress.
2. Did you enjoy yourselves at the party?
3. I like to look at myself in the mirror
when I try new clothes.

Complete the sentences with by and a reflexive

pronoun.
Remember that by with a reflexive pronoun shows
that someone did something without anyones help.
Lucy learned to how to ride a bike
herself

4. The cat locked itself in the closet.

Sam carried all the books himself

5. Tom was drying himself with a towel.

My

6. Can you all see yourselves in the picture.

themselves

7. Dont bother yourselves Ill help

Joe! You have to clean all this mess

yourselves to the door.

8. Be careful when holding the knife, Bob,
or youll hurt yourselves.
9. We were enjoying ourselves in the trip
to the mountains.
10.People should always behave themselves
especially when in public places.

parents

let

me

go

on

trip

yourselves
My little sister cant dress up herself. She
needs help.
Jack

and

Jim

fixed

their

bike

themselves
She prepared everything for the party all
herself

Singular

Plural

Myself

Ourselves

Yourself

Yourselves

Himself
Herself

Themselves

As you may notice in the table, singular reflexive

pronouns end in self. Plural reflexive pronouns end in

selves.
I hurt myself. (singular) We hurt ourselves. (plural)

Itself

Rewrite the sentences in the plural. Be careful when using the reflexive pronouns.
She arranged for everything by herself.
They arranged for everything by themselves
The cat washed itself with water.
The cats washed themselves with water
Stop blaming yourself about the accident.
Stop blaming yourselves about the accident
I looked at myself in the mirror.
We looked at ourselves in the mirror
You must take good care of yourself.
You must take good care of yourselves
He could solve the problem by himself.
They could slove the problem by themselves
Rewrite the sentences in the singular. Be careful when using the reflexive pronouns.
We learned the song by ourselves.
I learned the song by myself
They fixed the broken pipe by themselves. (Joe)
He fixed the broken pipe myself
You cant keep all this food for yourselves. Share it with others.
You cant keep all this food for yourselves. Share it with order
Please be polite and behave yourselves.
Please by polite and behave yourself
Mom took us to the park and left us there by ourselves.
Mom took me to the park and left me there by myself