Reflexive Pronouns Practice

Reflexive Pronouns

reflexive (adj.) [grammar]: reflecting back on the subject, like a mirror 

We use a reflexive pronoun when we want to refer back to the subject of the sentence or clause. 

Reflexive pronouns end in "-self" (singular) or "-selves" (plural). 

There are eight reflexive pronouns:

	reflexive pronoun
singular	myself yourself himself, herself, itself
plural	ourselves yourselves themselves

Look at these examples:

	reflexive pronouns
the underlined words are NOT the same person/thing	the underlined words are the SAME person/thing
John saw me.	I saw myself in the mirror.
Why does he blame you?	Why do you blame yourself?
David sent him a copy.	John sent himself a copy.
David sent her a copy.	Mary sent herself a copy.
My dog hurt the cat.	My dog hurt itself.
We blame you.	We blame ourselves.
Can you help my children?	Can you help yourselves?
They cannot look after the babies.	They cannot look after themselves.

Act. I.              Look at the pictures and write sentences with a reflexive pronoun. Use these verbs:          dress, introduce, look at, decorate, photograph, teach

.►He is photographing himself.

1)   She ……………………………………………….……………………

2)   They ……………………………………………….…………………..

3)    ………………………………………………………………………… 

4)    …………………………………………………………………………

Act. II.           Complete the conversations. Put in a reflexive pronoun (myself, yourself, herself…etc).

►     Matthew: I'll get the tickets, shall I?

Emma:   It's OK. I can pay for myself.

1       Olivia:  I've got lots of photos of my children.

Linda: Yes, but you haven't got many of ………………………., Olivia.

2       Rita: Did you have a good time at the Holiday Centre?

Laura: Well, there wasn't much going on. We had to amuse………………..

3       Emma: Why has the light gone off?

Matthew: It switches...................................off automatically.

Act. III.        Put in the correct pronoun (e.g. me or myself)

►     We looked up and saw a strange animal in front of us.

1       Don't tell us the answer to the puzzle. We can work it out for ……………….

2       It's a pity you didn't have your camera with........................................

3       Mark talked to the woman sitting next to.................................

4       He is very old now, so he can’t look after...................................

5       My mother likes to have all her family near....................................

6       To be successful in life, you must believe in.....................................

7       Are you doing all the painting ……………………….?

8       The director ………………. welcomed the pupils to the school.