UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CHIMBORAZO

FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN, HUMANAS Y

TECNOLOGÍAS

LANGUAGE SCHOOL

GRAMMAR VI

NAMES

Cauja VanessaGonzalez FranciscoErazo MiguelPérez Evelyn

TOPIC:

Reflexive Pronouns

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 of reflexive pronouns and the accompanying list of reflexive pronouns will help you gain

thorough understanding. In fact, you will probably notice that you 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 "I spoke to the president himself", the speaker emphasizes that he spoke to the

president personally NOT somebody else.

THE FORMS OF REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS

PERSONAL PRONOUN

REFLEXIVE PRONOUN

EXAMPLES

I MYSELF

YOU (SINGULAR)

YOURSELF

YOU (PLURAL) YOURSELVES

HE HIMSELF

SHE HERSELF

IT ITSELF

WE OURSELVES

THEY THEMSELVES

WHEN TO USE REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS1. When the subject and the object refer to the same person or thing.

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.

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

Most transitive verbs can take a reflexive pronoun.I blame myself for not paying attention.He introduced himself to me.

The subject is known as the antecedent of the reflexive pronoun.

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)

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 out 6 points. B is out 4 points

GOOD LUCK !

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