INTENSIVE PRONOUNS

1. Jesse wondered aloud whether he himself was the only one seeing what
was happening.
2. Maria knew that she herself could make a positive impact on the world, if
only she put her mind to it.
3. You yourself can easily transform your body: All it takes is a proper diet
and plenty of exercise.
4. The team knew that they themselves were responsible for playing their
best.
5. We ourselves are the ones who make the greatest impact upon the world
we live in
6. I myself am sick of the heat.
7. We ourselves made the meal.
8. The artist herself wrote those lines.
9. "I have never yet failed to meet a deadline I myself have set up."
10. "He wondered, as he had many times wondered before, whether
he himself was a lunatic."
11. "'Janis Joplin' was a name now associated with an image, one that had
grown bigger than the womanherself."
12. "Watching children make real progress in their language and literacy
development is a reward with few rivals, especially because the
children themselves greet their own accomplishments with such joy."
13. "We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean.
But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop."
14. "It seems to me, that if you tried hard, you would in time find it
possible to become what you yourselfwould approve."
15. "When you, our white countrymen, have attempted to do anything for
us, it has generally been to deprive us of some right, power, or privilege,
which you yourselves would die before you would submit to have taken
from you."
16. "Not until the problem itself is clearly diagnosed can a solution be
found."
17. I found myself hoping that by the simple fact of extending some
humanity towards poor old Ned, offering the unfortunate wretch some

small degree of genuine understanding, that I myself had played some

worthwhile role in this new and most welcome world of equanimity."
18. I myself was surprised by how many people came.
19. Everyone thought the spokesman would make the announcement,
but the king himself made the speech.
20. The phone itself isnt so amazing; its the marketing that makes so
many people love it and buy it.

REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS
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9.

I looked at myself in the mirror.

Did you hurt yourself when you fell?
He burnt himself when he was cooking.
Her real name is Mariella, but she calls herself Mary.
The animal hurt itself trying to escape.
We blamed ourselves for the mistake.
You can help yourselves to tea and coffee.
The children can look afterthemselves for a short time.
I was in a hurry, so I washed the car myself.

10.

Youre going to have to drive yourself to school today.

11.

He wanted to impress her, so he baked a cake himself.

12.
Jennifer does chores herself because she doesnt trust others to
do them right.
13.

That car is in a class all by itself.

14.

We dont have to go out; we can fix dinner ourselves.

15.

You are too young to go out by yourselves.

16.
The actors saved the local theatre money by making
costumes themselves.
17.

Allison accidentally cut herself.

18.

Can you feed yourselves?

19.

They cannot help themselves.

20.

Carol poured herself a glass of milk.