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Grammar

Let’s learn.

I design all the shoes in my shop myself.
My grandparents enjoyed themselves at the party.

The words in bold are reflexive pronouns.
We use a reflexive pronoun as the object of a sentence, to show that it refers to
the same thing as the subject.
Example: Kamini made breakfast herself.

subject object
Personal Reflexive Example
Pronoun Pronoun
I myself I made the blouse myself.

You yourself Why do you blame yourself?

Singular He himself He bought himself a pair of jeans.

She herself The queen saw herself
in the mirror.

It itself The door closed by itself.
You must wash the clothes
You yourselves
yourselves.
Plural We ourselves We baked the cakes ourselves.

They washed their clothes
They themselves
themselves.
Complete the sentences with suitable reflexive pronouns.

1. Yes, I wrote it .
2. Asin made the T-shirt .
3. I bought a piece of chicken pie.
4. Kamini did the homework .
5. Idith, did you write this poem ?
6. The buffalo defended bravely.
7. We helped to the snacks at the party.
8. Encik Hakimi did all the preparation for the party .
9. “Children, if you need more milk, please help to it,” said mother.
10. They felt proud of when they were announced as the winning team.

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