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REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS
I myself. We use a reflexive
You yourself. pronoun to refer back
He himself. to the subject of the
sentence or clause.
She helped herself. Reflexive pronouns end
It itself. in "-self" (singular) or
You (plural) yourselves. "-selves" (plural).
We ourselves.
They themselves.
We can also use reflexive pronouns for emphasis (as “intensive pronouns”). For example, “I did
the homework myself” emphasizes the fact that nobody helped me to do my homework.
Complete each of the sentences below.
1. My brother likes to practice his English by talking to ______________________.
2. James wasn’t careful and he cut ______________________ with a knife.
3. My sister and I looked at ______________________ in the mirror.
4. The repair shop was closed, so I fixed the car ______________________.
5. Did you enjoy ___________________________ at the party last night?
6. Cats can get clean by licking ___________________________.
7. (A) Did the cleaners cleaned the house? (B) No, I did it ______________________!
8. Mr. Smith burned ______________________ while he was cooking.
9. He dried ______________________ after he took a shower and went downstairs.
10. Can you teach ______________________ to play the piano?
11. My little sister dressed ___________________________. She didn’t need any help.
12. Why is your dog scratching ______________________? Does it have fleas?
13. John and Thomas, did you ask ______________________ the question?
14. Mrs. Brown, please help ______________________ to the cookies and drinks.
15. I introduced ______________________ to my new classmates.
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reflexIve pronouns exerc?ses
Fill in the blanks with " myself , himself , herself , itself , yourself , ourselves ,
yourselves , themselves " to complete the sentences below
1. Charlotte looked at ________ in the golden mirror and said "I am still
pretty."
2. Why don't you make ________ a big hamburger and a glass of lemonade?
3. Harrison found ________ a nice black suit to wear at the wedding on
next Tuesday.
4. The children will have to look after ________ because their parents
won't be at home this evening.
5. We only blame ________ for the big fire in the forest.We forgot to
extinguish the camp fire before we leave.
6. My cat hurt ________ when it suddenly jumped out of the kitchen
window.
7. I think I will buy ________ a nice expensive smartphone.
8. Ladies and gentlemen! This is open buffet so you can help ________ .
9. Some animals clean ________ with their tongues.
10. Mrs.Saunders cut ________ while she was chopping onions for the salad.
11. Samuel tried to defend ________ when two men attacked him suddenly.
12. You should buy ________ a dictionary.I can't lend you mine as I need it.
13. I telephoned the plumber several time but I could't reach him.Finally I
decided to repair the tap ________ .
14. Hi kids! If you want to be successful students , you should do your
homework ________ .
15. When the dog saw ________ on the mirror , it started barking wildly.
16. Alice and I painted the house ________ because we didn't have enough
money to hire a painter.
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