Emphatic and Reflexive Pronouns

The video tutorial covers compound personal pronouns, focusing on reflexive and emphatic pronouns. It explains how these pronouns are formed by adding 'self' or 'selves' to personal pronouns. Reflexive pronouns are used when the subject and object are the same, while emphatic pronouns emphasize the subject. The tutorial provides examples to illustrate the differences and offers practice sentences for better understanding.

What is the main topic discussed in the video?

• Adjectives and their usage

• Compound personal pronouns

• Verbs and their forms

• Nouns and their types

How are compound personal pronouns formed?

• By adding 'ly' to adverbs

• By adding 'ing' to verbs

• By adding 'self' or 'selves' to personal pronouns

• By adding 'ed' to adjectives

Which of the following is a singular compound personal pronoun?

• Ourselves

• Yourselves

• Themselves

• Myself

What is the plural form of 'yourself'?

• Yourselvs

• Yourselfs

• Yourselves

• Yourselfes

When does a reflexive pronoun occur in a sentence?

• When the subject and object are different

• When the subject and object refer to the same person or thing

• When the verb is in past tense

• When the sentence is a question

Which of the following sentences contains a reflexive pronoun?

• She herself informed me.

• The dog bit itself.

• They themselves saw it.

• You yourself can tell us.

What role do reflexive pronouns usually play in a sentence?

• Adverb in the sentence

• Subject of the verb

• Object of the verb

• Adjective in the sentence

What is the purpose of emphatic pronouns?

• To modify adjectives

• To replace nouns

• To emphasize the noun

• To describe verbs

Which sentence uses an emphatic pronoun?

• She herself cut the cake.

• We blame ourselves for the accident.

• The cat cleaned itself.

• They bought themselves new shoes.

How can you identify an emphatic pronoun in a sentence?

• It is always a question

• It is always the first word

• It usually comes just after the subject

• It is always at the end of the sentence