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Grammar

Let’s learn and practise.

The subject ‘you’ can be both singular and plural.
Example:
You painted the wall yourself. Did you cook the food yourselves?

We can use ‘by’ before a reflexive pronoun to show the action is
done without help.
Example: I cooked the curry all by myself.
Fill in the blanks with suitable reflexive pronouns.

1. Idith : Did you bake the cake ?
Lee Ann : Yes, I did it all by .
2. Idith : Does she take care of the sick man ?
Lee Ann : No, she does not. He takes care of .
3. Idith : Did all of you wash your shoes ?
Lee Ann and friends : Yes. We washed them .

Complete the text with the correct reflexive pronouns.
Asin and his family arrived at the beach early today. The beach was crowded.
Asin’s mother found a shady place and spread out the mat. His father set up
the barbecue grill and soon began grilling the sausages .
Asin and his younger sister built a sandcastle. They spent about an hour
on it. It was huge and beautiful. They were proud because they built it .
“Come on children, come and help to the food,” said mother.
Asin and his sister ran quickly to mother as they were very hungry. As Asin was
eating, he saw a cat near their picnic spot. The cat was eating a fish by .
On their way home, Asin said, “Thank you mum and dad. We enjoyed .”

Let’s write.

Write five sentences using reflexive pronouns.

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