Use reflexive pronouns

Key Notes:

๐ŸŒŸ Use Reflexive Pronouns ๐Ÿคฉ

๐Ÿ‘‰ Reflexive pronouns are used when the subject and the object of the sentence are the same person/thing.
๐Ÿ‘‰ They end with -self (singular) or -selves (plural).

  • ๐Ÿ‘ฆ Myself
  • ๐Ÿ‘ง Yourself
  • ๐Ÿ‘จ Himself
  • ๐Ÿ‘ฉ Herself
  • ๐Ÿถ Itself
  • ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ Ourselves
  • ๐Ÿ‘ฌ Yourselves
  • ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ Themselves

When the subject does something to itself ๐Ÿชž

  • She looked at herself in the mirror.
    To emphasize the subject ๐Ÿ’ก
  • I will do it myself! ๐Ÿ’ช
    With certain verbs like enjoy, blame, introduce, hurt ๐Ÿ’ญ
  • We enjoyed ourselves at the party. ๐ŸŽ‰
  • I cut myself while cooking. ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿ”ช
  • He blamed himself for the mistake. โŒ๐Ÿ™
  • They introduced themselves to the new teacher. ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿซ๐Ÿ‘‹
  • You should be proud of yourself. ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ˜Š

If you can remove the pronoun and the sentence loses its meaning, then you need a reflexive pronoun! โœจ

Example:

  • โŒ He washed in the morning.
  • โœ… He washed himself in the morning. ๐Ÿšฟ

Let’s practice!๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ