Name: ------------------Date: -------------------Subject Pronouns I You He She It We You Reflexive Pronouns Myself Yourself Himself Herself Itself Ourselves

We use reflexive pronouns to show that we are talking about the same person or thing. They are used: after certain verbs (kill, cut, behave, burn, enjoy, hurt, look at, teach, etc) when the subject and the object of the verb are the same person. Ive cut myself with the knife. with the preposition by to show that someone does something by himself without help.

Roy can fix his toy by himself. Yourselves They Themselves Look at the pictures and complete the sentences with the correct reflexive pronoun. Look! I draw a picture of We were cold so we warmed The monkey is looking at Watch out! Youll hurt Tim fell down and hurt Lilly taught . how to ride a bike.

B.

Fill each gap with the correct reflexive pronoun. 1. Lucy is making a new dress. 2. Did you enjoy at the party? 3. I like to look at in the mirror when I try new clothes. 4. The cat locked in the closet. 5. Tom was drying with a towel. 6. Can you all see in the picture. 7. Dont bother Ill help to the door. 8. Be careful when holding the knife, Bob, or youll hurt . 9. We were enjoying in the trip to the mountains. 10.People should always behave especially when in public places.

Complete the sentences with by and a reflexive pronoun. Remember that by with a reflexive pronoun shows that someone did something without anyones help. Lucy learned to how to ride a bike Sam carried all the books My Joe! My Jack parents You little and let to me go all on a this dress their trip mess up bike have clean cant fixed sister Jim . She needs help. She prepared everything for the party all

Singular
Myself Yourself Himself Herself Itself

Plural
Ourselves Yourselves Themselves

As you may notice in the table, singular reflexive pronouns end in self. Plural reflexive pronouns end in

selves.
I hurt myself. (singular) We hurt ourselves. (plural)

Rewrite the sentences in the plural. Be careful when using the reflexive pronouns. She arranged everything by herself. The cat washed itself with water. Stop blaming yourself about the accident. I looked at myself in the mirror. You must take good care of yourself. He could solve the problem by himself. Rewrite the sentences in the singular. Be careful when using the reflexive pronouns. We learned the song by ourselves. They fixed the broken pipe by themselves. (Joe) You cant keep all this food for yourselves. Share it with others. Please be polite and behave yourselves. Mom took us to the park and left us there by ourselves.

Answer key: Exercise A: 1. Myself Exercise B: 1. Lucy is making herself a new dress. 2. Did you enjoy yourself at the party? 3. I like to look at myself in the mirror when I try new clothes. 4. The cat locked itself in the closet. 5. Tom was drying himself with a towel. 6. Can you all see yourselves in the picture? 7. Dont bother yourself Ill help myself to the door. 8. Be careful when holding the knife, Bob, or youll hurt yourself 9. We were enjoying ourselves in the trip to the mountains. 10.People should always behave themselves especially when in public places. Exercise C: 1. Lucy learned to how to ride a bike by herself 2. Sam carried all the books by himself 3. My parents let me go on a trip by myself 4. Joe! You have to clean all this mess by yourself 5. My little sister cant dress up by herself. She needs help. 6. Jack and Jim fixed their bike by themselves. 7. She prepared everything for the party all by herself. Exercise D: 2. Themselves 3. Itself 4. Yourself 5. Himself 6. Herself

1. They arranged for everything by themselves. 2. The cats washed themselves with water. 3. Stop blaming yourselves about the accident. 4. We looked at ourselves in the mirror. 5. You must take good care of yourselves. 6. They could solve the problem by themselves. Exercise E: 1. I learned the song by myself. 2. Joe fixed the broken pipe by himself. 3. You cant keep all this food for yourself. Share it with others. 4. Please be polite and behave yourself.
5. Mom took me to the park and left me there by myself.