THE REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS
The
words myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself,
ourselves, yourselves and themselves are called reflexive
pronouns.
They
refer to the person or animal that is the subject of the verb.
For
example:
I
made this cake myself.
Be
careful with the knife. You’ll cut yourself.
Michael
is looking at himself in the mirror.
Susan
has hurt herself.
Our cat
washes itself after each meal.
We
organized the party all by ourselves.
Come
in, children, and find yourselves a seat.
Baby birds are too young to
look after themselves.
Here
is a table to remind you about reflexive pronouns.
More examples of Reflexive Pronouns:
In the following examples of
reflexive pronouns, the reflexive pronoun in each sentence is italicized.
I was in a hurry, so I washed the car myself.
You’re going to have to drive yourself to
school today.
He wanted to impress her, so he baked a cake himself.
Jennifer does chores herself because she
doesn’t trust others to do them right.
That car is in a class all by itself.
We don’t have to go out; we can fix dinner ourselves.
You are too young to go out by yourselves.
The actors saved the local theatre money by making
costumes themselves.
Singular
& Plural Pronouns
First person (I,me) myself (we,us) ourselves
Second person (you) yourself (you) yourselves
Third person (he, him) himself, (they, them) themselves, (she, her)
herself, (they, them) themselves, (it) itself, (they, them) themselves
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