INTENSIVE/REFLEXIVE

identify the "phantom pronoun"

• hisself
• themselves
• myself
• yourself

Identify the group that has no phantoms.

• yourself, theirselves, myself
• ourself, myself, herself
• theirselves, myself, himself, herself, themselves
• themselves, ourselves, myself

 Which sentence contains an intensive pronoun?

• I like to take a walk after dinner.
  
• I myself like to take a walk after dinner.
  
• Would you like to take a walk after dinner?
  
• After dinner they went for a walk down their driveway.
  

 Which sentence does NOT contain an intensive pronoun?

• The train itself seemed to stop suddenly.
  
• You have visited Virginia many times yourself.
  
• He surprised himself by breaking the home run record.
  
• He himself assured us it would not rain on our picnic.
  

 Which sentence contains an intensive pronoun?

• She approved the book's cover.
  
• Did you see the cover of the book?
  
• The author approved the book cover herself.
  
• The author approved the book cover by herself.
  

 Which sentence does not contain an intensive pronoun?

• She approved the book's cover.
  
  
• It was Ron himself who drew that beautiful picture.
  
• I myself believe that it is going to be a great summer.
  
• Did you paint that yourself?

 Which sentence correctly uses an intensive pronoun?

• While watching TV by herself, Dana fell asleep.
  
• He has no one to blame for his behavior but himself.
  
• It was the girl herself who finally owned up to breaking her mother's necklace.
  
• After a week of lying around, the boys decided to take themselves on an adventure.
  

 Which sentence contains an intensive pronoun?

• The dog scratched itself.
  
• You can make yourselves at home.
  
• The children are able to dress themselves.
  
• The actress herself appeared at the awards ceremony.
  

 Which sentence contains an intensive pronoun?

• Bonny has her own set of golf clubs.
  
• Matthew enjoys cooking dinner for his family.
  
• Sam himself prepared breakfast for the family.
  
• She went to the seashore for her summer vacation.
  

 Which sentence contains an intensive pronoun?

• Did you make the cake?
  
• Did you yourself make the cake?
  
• Did Joe make the cake by himself?
  
• Did she make the cake with her aunt?