Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns

Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns

by Britney Barthol

​Intensive Pronouns!

Intensive pronouns are used to intensify and emphasize nouns. They usually, but not always, come right after nouns that they intensify.

​Intensive Pronouns!

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Multiple Choice

Choose the Intensive Pronoun to complete the sentence: My mother herself made a pie!

• My

• mother

• herself

• made

Multiple Choice

Choose the Intensive Pronoun to complete the sentence: Since everyone got sick, Joe and I finished the project ourselves.

• everyone

• Joe and I

• project

• ourselves

​Reflexive Pronouns!

​Reflexive pronouns look the same as intensive pronouns. They serve different functions in a sentence, however. Reflexive pronouns show when nouns do something to themselves or for themselves. They usually come after the verb in a sentence.

Multiple Choice

Choose the Reflexive Pronoun in the sentence: She made herself coffee then spilled it.

• She

• made

• herself

• spilled

Multiple Choice

Choose the Reflexive Pronoun in the sentence: He kicked himself in the eye when he tried to kick the soccer ball.

• He

• himself

• kicked

• eye

​Challenge One!

Choose the intensive or reflexive pronoun that fits in the blank!

Multiple Choice

The robot shut _________ down.

• herself

• himself

• itself

• themselves

Multiple Choice

After everybody started leaving, Olivia and I decided to go home ____________.

• ourselves

• himself

• herself

• myself

Multiple Choice

Amaury ____________ is content.

• itself

• themselves

• himself

• myself

Multiple Choice

The computers turned _______________ on all at once.

• herself

• themselves

• myself

• himself

Multiple Choice

Sarah __________ is used to waking up early.

• herself

• himself

• themselves

• myself

Multiple Choice

Otto __________ decided to clean the toilet.

• himself

• themselves

• yourself

• myself

​Challenge Two!

​Fill in the blank with the correct pronoun, then say if it is intensive or reflexive!

Multiple Choice

I ________ fear the dark.

• myself, intensive

• myself, reflexive

• ourselves, intensive

• ourselves, reflexive

Multiple Choice

The families can help __________ to the hot spring.

• ourselves, intensive

• ourselves, reflexive

• themselves, intensive

• themselves, reflexive

Multiple Choice

Aaron saw ___________ in the mirror.

• himself, intensive

• himself, reflexive

• itself, intensive

• itself, reflexive

Multiple Choice

Love __________ is a very complicated idea to talk about.

• itself, intensive

• itself, reflexive

• themselves, intensive

• themselves, reflexive

Multiple Choice

Angela ___________ is a wonderful baker.

• itself, intensive

• itself, reflexive

• herself, intensive

• herself reflexive

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