Revision: Reflexive pronouns / Emphatic pronouns

Revision:

Reflexive pronouns / Emphatic pronouns

By Inés Ivorra Harrison

What are they?

Reflexive pronouns

Reflexive pronouns are words like myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves and themselves. They refer back to a person or thing.

We often use reflexive pronouns when the subject and the object of a verb are the same.

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence:

I cut ..... with the knife

• myself

• himself

• themselves

• itself

Multiple Choice

Are the subject and the object of these sentences the same?

"He repaired the car himself"

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Are the subject and the object of these sentences the same?

"I believe in you"

• Yes

• No

Emphasis

We can add a reflexive pronoun for emphasis:

when it's unusual or different.

to emphasise that someone does it personally, not anybody else.​

we can also use a reflexive pronoun together with the noun it refers to in order to emphasise it.​

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Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence:

He wants to pass his driving test so that he can drive ..... to work.

• myself

• himself

• herself

• themselves

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence:

Are you redecorating your flat ...?

• herself

• you

• her

• yourselves

By + reflexive pronoun

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We can use by + reflexive pronoun to mean alone:

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​Do you enjoy being by yourself?

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