Reflexive Pronoun

Rules

I           Myself

YOU       Yourself

WE        Ourselves

THEY      Themselves

HE         Himself

SHE       Herself

IT         Itself

 

• We use reflexive pronouns after the verb when the subject and the object are the same person.

I washed the dishes myself.

• If we use“by” before the reflexive pronouns it means “alone”.

I cleaned the house by myself. I was alone. 

• We don’t use reflexive pronouns with the verbs

                       “wash-shave-dress”

 

1. Choose the correct answer.

• My mother does the housework herself/himself.
• I prepared this work ourselves/myself.
• She made this cake herself/myself.
• My mother and I do the shopping myself/ourselves.
• Kerem cuts his hair itself/himself.
• Seher and Yaşar prepare the dinner ourselves/themselves.
• I introduced myself/ourselves to the tourists.

 

1. b) Fill in the blanks with suitable pronouns.

1) Our friends and we go to school ____________.

2) My father does his work ____________.

3) Serkan cut the trees ____________.

4) My mother and father decorate the house _________.

5) Kerem and I did the Project ____________.

6) My grandparents had a vocation ____________.

7) Fidan cooked this delicious meal ___________.

8) Our teacher plan the lesson ____________.

9) Our cat drink the milk ____________.

10) Hakan does the shopping ____________.

11) Su and Selim went on a holiday ___________.

12) Vedat walked in the darkness by __________.

13) I stayed at home last night by ____________.

 

1. c) Fill in the blanks with suitable pronouns.

 

1) _____ washed the dishes myself.

2) _____ played outside themselves.

3) _____ eat her meal herself.

4) _____ goes to the sport center himself.

5) _____ do my homework myself.

6) _____ like walking outside myself.

7) _____ watched the ourselves.

8) _____ sleeps in its bed itself.

9) _____ takes care of the baby herself.

10) _____ drives to work himself.

 

1. d) Decide whether the action happens alone or not. Put “A” for “ALONE”.

1) ___ I went out last night by myself.

2) ___ She decorated her room herself.

3) ___ We had a picnic with our children ourselves.

4) ___ My mother goes to work by herself.

5) ___ I sewed that dress by myself.

6) ___ Serdar watched TV at home himself.

7) ___ Aslı and Efe went to the cinema themselves.

8) ___ Sevgi lives in this house by herself.

9) ___ Ahmet sleeps in her room himself.

10) ___ Sevim and Melih prepare a Project themselves.

11) ___ I went to the museum by myself.

 

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