Important article on Personal pronouns and reflexive pronouns

 There are several types of pronouns but in this article we will study two of them

Types of pronouns   

Personal pronouns:  

Personal pronouns are used in place of nouns referring to specific people or  things, for example I, we, you, he, she, they etc.  

Cases of personal pronouns:

There are three cases of personal pronouns they are as below.

Subjective case                  possessive case                 objective case 

I                                               My / mine                            Me   

We                                          Our / ours                             us

You                                         Your / yours                         you

They                                       Their / theirs                        them

He                                           His                                          Him

She                                         Her/ hers                              Her

It                                             Its                                         It 

I am writing a letter. This is my car. He sent me a letter. This car is mine.

He is playing cricket.   This is my car.  He told me the truth.

 

Reflexive pronouns:   

Reflexive pronouns are words like myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves and themselves. They refer back to a person or thing.

·        We often use reflexive pronouns when the subject and the object of a verb are the same.

·        Reflexive pronouns cannot be used alone.

1.     I cut myself when I was making dinner last night.

2.     I hope you enjoy yourselves at the party tonight! 

3.     My phone isn't working properly. It turns itself off for no reason.

Pronoun	Reflexive pronoun
I	Myself
We	Ourselves
You	Yourself / yourselves
They	Themselves
He	Himself
She	Herself
One	Oneself
It	Itself

 

By + reflexive pronoun

We can use by + reflexive pronoun to mean alone.

He usually goes on holiday by himself = He does it on his own.

Do you enjoy being by yourself?

Class work:

Use reflexive pronouns or reciprocal pronouns.   (each other, one another) Top of Form

1.     I woke ______ up last night because I kept coughing.

1.     Bottom of Form

2.     Top of Form

3.     Just download it and the software will install ________

4.     Bottom of Form

5.     Top of Form

2.     We mustn't blame _ ___ It was an accident.

6.     Bottom of Form

7.     Top of Form

3.     Nobody wanted to help, so he cleaned the bathroom______

8.     Bottom of Form

9.     Top of Form

4.     We said goodbye and never saw_____  again. 

10.     Bottom of Form

11.     Top of Form

5.     They're going to receive their medal from the Queen ________

12.     Bottom of Form

13.     Top of Form

6.     Many young people look for shared accommodation, as they can't afford to live by _________