Grammar

Reflexive Pronouns

 

The Reflexive Pronouns are used to reflect the subject or to emphasize something

 

Personal Subject

Reflexive Pronoun Example

Singular

Singular Singular

I

Myself I´ve taught myself

You

Yourself You´ve found yourself

He

Himself He´s cut himself

She

Herself She´s drawn herself

It

Itself It´s bitten itself

Plural

Plural Plural

We

Ourselves We´ve brought ourselves

You

Yourselves You´ve forgiven yourselves

They

Themselves They´ve made themselves

 

Now, the examples, as usual. Listen and repeat to them

 

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Possessive Pronoun

Example
01

Myself

I´ve asked myself so many questions: who are we? where have we come from? where are we going? Do aliens exist?
02

Yourself

You´ve finally registered yourself on that amazing English course at Globalized English School
03

Himself

Jonas has killed the rat himself, you know, he´s a brave man
04

Herself

Rosana has forgiven herself for having eaten all those chocolate bars
05

Itself

The pig has fallen off the table and hurt itself
06

Ourselves

We´ve cooked dinner ourselves and we really hope you appreciate it
07

Yourselves

You´ve cured yourselves with no drugs, that´s great. This is called self-healing
08

Themselves

They´ve divided the money among themselves and no one else
09

Myself

I´ve canceled the party myself since I´ll be traveling and it won´t be possible for me to attend
10

Yourself

You´ve dropped yourself off the ladder, it´s your own fault
11

Himself

He´s protected himself from the heavy rain that was falling down
12

Herself

She´s bought herself a fancy coat because she had a salary increase
13

Itself

The cat has bitten itself; maybe it´s anxiety
14

Ourselves

We´ve helped ourselves to overcome our problems and now we´re fine
15

Yourselves

You´ve improved yourselves by studying and doing your best. Congratulations!
16

Themselves

They´ve organized themselves in many different groups to solve the problems

 

Practice

Write one phrase for each Reflexive Pronoun (affirmative, interrogative or negative). You must use a verb from this list.

 

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Reflexive Pron.

Verb (Infinitive) Your phrase
1

Myself

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2

Yourself

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3

Himself

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4

Herself

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5

Itself

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6

Ourselves

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7

Yourselves

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8

Themselves

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