1. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CHIMBORAZO
FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS DE LA
EDUCACIÓN, HUMANAS Y TECNOLOGÍAS
LANGUAGE SCHOOL
GRAMMAR VI
NAMES
Cauja
Vanessa
Gonzalez
Francisco
Erazo
Miguel
Pérez Evelyn
TOPIC:
Reflexive Pronouns
2. SEMESTER:
5th “LANGUAGES A”
TEACHER´S NAME:
Msc. Magdalena
Ullauri
WHAT ARE REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS?
A reflexive pronoun is a type of pronoun that is preceded by the adverb, adjective, pronoun, or
noun to which it refers, so long as that antecedent is located within the same clause. In English
grammar, a reflexive pronoun indicates that the person who is realizing the action of the verb is
also the recipient of the action. While this might seem strange at first glance, the following
examples ofreflexive pronouns and the accompanying listofreflexive pronouns will help you gain
thorough understanding. In fact, you will probably notice thatyou yourself use reflexive pronouns
frequently when speaking or writing.
Reflexive pronouns are used when the object is the same as the subject. For example, in the
sentence "he hurt himself", he and himself refer to the same person. Reflexive pronouns are
also used for emphasis. In this case, they are referred to as intensive pronouns. For example,
in the sentence "Ispoke to the president himself", the speaker emphasizes thathe spoke to the
president personally NOT somebody else.
3. THE FORMS OF REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS
PERSONAL
PRONOUN
REFLEXIVE
PRONOUN
EXAMPLES
I MYSELF
YOU
(SINGULAR)
YOURSELF
YOU
(PLURAL) YOURSELVES
HE HIMSELF
4. SHE HERSELF
IT ITSELF
WE OURSELVES
THEY THEMSELVES
WHEN TO USE REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS
1. When the subject and the object refer to the same person or thing.
5. He accidentally cut himself while he was chopping the vegetables.
She bought a present for herself.
We helped ourselves to the free drinks at the launch party.
They injured themselves during the rugby match.
I enjoyed myself at the concert.
The dog is scratching itself – it must have fleas!
2. As the object of a preposition, when the object of the preposition refers to the same
person or thing as the subject of the verb in the same clause.
She did it by herself.
That man is talking to himself.
3. When you want to emphasize that someone did something without any help from
anyone else.
I´ll do it myself. (No-one else will help me.)
They ate all the food themselves.(No-one else had any.)
4. You use reflexive pronouns with ‘by’ to say: That someone does something without help
from other people.
… When babies start eating their meals by themselves.
She was sure she could manage by herself.
5. You use reflexive pronouns in some common expressions.
6. Behave yourselves! (¡Compórtate bien!)
PlayHelp yourself. (Sírvete tú mismo.)
PlayMake yourself at home. (Siéntete como en tu propia casa.)
6.-You use reflexive pronouns for politeness: We sometimes use reflexive pronouns instead
of personal pronouns for politeness, but not as the subject of a clause:
The National Trust is a charity depending on the support of people like yourself. (or …
people like you.)
WHEN DON´T USE REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS
We don´t normally use a reflexive pronoun after washed/shave/dress/
feel/relax/concentrate/meet because those verbs describe actions that people normally do
to themselves.
He got up, washed, shaved and dressed. (Not washed himself etc.)
You can also say get dressed (He got dressed)
I feel nervous. I can´t relax.
You must try and concentrate.(not concentrate yourself)
What time shall we meet? (not meet ourselves, not meet us)
7. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CHIMBORAZO
FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN, HUMANAS Y TECNOLOGOGÍAS
LANGUAGE SCHOOL
GRAMMAR VI
GROUP N° 6
NAME: SEMESTER: DATE:
INSTRUCTIONS:
A is out6 points.
B isout 4 points
GOOD LUCK !
