2. REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS
• Use reflexive pronouns when the subject
and object are the same people or things.
Sub. = obj.
She looks at herself in the mirror everyday.
Sub. = obj.
Clean after yourself.
App. 3 pg A-2
3. • Use reflexive pronouns to emphasize a
noun
Sharon herself said that she didn’t like rice.
• By + a reflexive pronoun (alone or without
help)
I did my homework by myself.
4. IMPERATIVE SENTECES +
REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS
• Imperative sentences + reflexive use:
Use yourself when the subject is singular
Don’t push yourself too hard.
Yourselves when subject is plural
Don’t push yourselves so hard.
• What is the subject in an imperative
sentences?
5. RECIPROCAL PRONOUNS
• Use the reciprocal pronouns when the subject and
object refer to the same people and there is a 2
way relationship
They met each other in a party.
They communicate with each other through e-mail.
Grilsel, Isolina, Sandra and Marta help one another
with the English homework.
They love each other very much.
6. • Reciprocal pronouns have possessive
forms, each other’s, one another’s
The students wrote each other’s email
addresses.
They decided to visit one another’s families
during the summer.
7. Reciprocal pronouns and plural reflexive
pronouns have different meaning
• Juan and Maria did
each other’s
homework.
• Juan and Maria did
their homework by
themselves.