Class 13-2: Reflexive Pronouns
He surprised himself! He truly cannot bowl.
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Definition: Reflexive pronouns always rename the noun in the sentence. *Note: intensive pronouns can be very similar to reflexive pronouns. |
Reflexive Pronouns: myself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourself, themselves |
Examples: 1. Mary looked at herself in the mirror. (*Note: Mary is the noun and herself is the reflexive pronoun.) 2. You must protect yourself. 3. We must look within ourselves for courage. |
Exercise
Exercise 1: Fill in the correct intensive or reflexive noun.
1. You yourself must clean your room.
2. They ________ are responsible for the mess.
3. I ________ am responsible for the car accident.
4. We ________ will have to fix our home.
5. She talks to ________ when she is alone.
6. Mike and I talk to ________ quietly.
7. Have you looked at ________ in the mirror?
8. He must tell ________ he can win the race.
9. I looked at ________ in the reflection* of the car.
10. The dog saw ________ in the mirror and ran away.
*Seeing a picture of something in an object. For example: a mirror.
