GB3 U11 Reflexive Pronouns Review

GB3 U11 Reflexive Pronouns

by Amanda Krueger

​Every subject pronoun has a reflexive pronoun.

​I ------- myself

​you --- yourself

​he ----- himself

​she ---- herself

​it ------- itself

​we ----- ourselves

​you (pl) - yourselves

​they --- themselves

Multiple Choice

I

• myself

• yourself

• himself

• itself

Multiple Choice

you

• yourself

• ourself

• themselves

• himself

Multiple Choice

he

• himself

• herself

• yourselves

• itself

Multiple Choice

she

• himself

• herself

• yourselves

• itself

Multiple Choice

it

• himself

• herself

• yourselves

• itself

Multiple Choice

we

• ourselves

• yourself

• yourselves

• themselves

Multiple Choice

you (pl)

• ourselves

• yourself

• yourselves

• themselves

Multiple Choice

they

• ourselves

• yourself

• yourselves

• themselves

​Use a reflexive pronoun when the subject and object are the same.

​ S O

They can get themselves treats during the workday.

​

​ S O

​We introduced ourselves to the new staff.

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She will buy

a new jacket for winter.

Fill in the Blanks

They made

a large cake for the party.

Fill in the Blanks

I stopped

from making a terrible mistake.

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Our new boss introduced

to us at a meeting this morning.

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You and your group should congratulate

; you did a great job!

​Use a reflexive pronoun after an imperative in which you are directly addressing the reader or listener. The implied subject is "you".

​Imagine yourself living the good life and working at the same time.

​

Give yourselves a day off!

​

Ask yourself if this company is right for you.

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Get

a drink.

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Give

a break.

​Reflexive pronouns are often used with these verbs:

​be hard on

​be proud of

​believe in

​blame take

​enjoy

​feel good about

​help

​hurt

​look at

​push

​remind

​see

​take care of

​tell

​Reflexive pronouns are often used with these verbs:

​She was always hard on herself.

​

​He was very proud of himself.

​

​You have to believe in yourself. You can do it.

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They blamed

for what happened.

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We really enjoyed

at the conference.

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I hurt

carrying those heavy boxes.

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She should push

to work harder.

​Do not use a reflexive pronoun after a preposition when the meaning is clear. If the meaning isn't clear, use a reflexive pronoun.

​CLEAR:

They took the candy home with them.

​[This is clear. The only possible people who can take the candy home is them.]

​

​NOT CLEAR:

​I'm very proud of myself.

​[This is not clear because it is possible to be proud of a different person.]

Multiple Choice

Employees are allowed to bring pets with __ to work.

• CLEAR

  them

  [They are the only people who can bring pets.]

• NOT CLEAR

  themselves

  [It's possible for others to bring pets.]

Multiple Choice

He is very proud of __.

• CLEAR

  him

  [He is the only person he can be proud of.]

• NOT CLEAR

  himself

  [It's possible for him to be proud of another person.]

​You can use a reflexive pronoun directly after a noun or pronoun to add more emphasis, or at the end of a clause for less emphasis.

​The manager herself gave us candy.

​[It's really important that you understand that the manager gave out the candy and not some other person.

​

​The manager gave us the candy herself.

​[Who gave us the candy isn't very important.]

Multiple Choice

Bianca herself always takes responsibility for any problems.

• It's important to understand that Bianca is responsible.

• It's not important to understand who is responsible.

​You can use by + reflexive pronoun to mean "alone" or "without help."

​I can work by myself.

​[I can work alone.]

​

​John completed the whole project by himself.

​[John completed the project with no help.]

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She can handle it by

.

Fill in the Blanks

Those two students would like to work by

.