Reflexive Pronouns

Reflexive Pronouns
Возвратные местоимения показывают, что действие в предложении направлено на лицо, которое его выполняет
и на русский язык переводятся с помощью суффикса -ся (-сь) или местоимением "себя", "собой", "себе", "сам".

Reflexive Pronouns
Reflexive pronouns are used to show that the actions described by a verb act upon the subject of the verb:
the subject and the object are the same

An English sentence
Structure
Subject
Object
Verb

Why?
Subject
Object

Subject
Verb
Object

Example
She sees her
Subject
Object

Example
She sees herself
Subject
Object

Reflexive pronouns
Reflexive pronouns are formed by adding
self (singular)
or selves (plural)
to my, your, our him, her, it, them

The forms of reflexive pronouns correspond to the forms of the subject pronouns:

Subject Reflexive
pronouns
I
You
He
She
It
We
You
They
myself
yourself
himself
herself
itself
ourselves
yourselves
themselves

Can you fill the gaps?
I wash __________.
She is looking at ________ in the mirror.
They are teaching ___________ English!
myself
herself
themselves

How do they do this?
He thinks too much of_________
Answer

How do they do this?
He thinks too much of himself

I like this photo of ________very much.
Answer

I like this photo of myself very much.

They did it all by_________.
Answer

They did it all by themselves.

He hurt __________ when he was playing soccer.
Answer

He hurt himself when he was playing soccer.

The pop star __________ attended the wedding ceremony, as she had promised.
Answer

The pop star herself attended the wedding ceremony, as she had promised.

Test yourself
А
B
C

А Write the reflexive pronouns in the singular and plural forms.
Singular
Plural
myself
yourself
himself
herself
itself
ourselves
yourselves
themselves

B Match each question to a correct answer:
1. Did you come to school by yourself today?
2. Does she know how to get dressed by herself?
3. How did you hurt yourself?
4. Is he able to help himself?
5. Why are you crying?
a. No, he'll need some help.
b. No, I walked with two of my friends.
c. I did it while I was working on my car.
d. I can't help myself. These onions are really strong.
e. No, she's only two years old.

Match each question to a correct answer:
1. Did you come to school by yourself today?
2. Does she know how to get dressed by herself?
3. How did you hurt yourself?
4. Is he able to help himself?
5. Why are you crying?
d. I can't help myself. These onions are really strong.
b. No, I walked with two
of my friends.
e. No, she's only
two years old.
c. I did it while
I was working on my car.
a. No, he'll need some help.
1. b; 2. e; 3. c; 4. a; 5. d

C
Choose the correct pronoun.
The subject in each sentence will help you
make the correct decision
C

They are not old enough to dress themselves.
They are not old enough to dress theyselves.

Did you all enjoy yourselves at the party?
Did you all enjoy your at the party?

The cat hurt herself when it jumped off the fence.
The cat hurt itself when it jumped off the fence.

Some girls spend hours looking at themselves in front of a mirrorSome girls spend hours looking at themselves in front of a mirror
Some girls spend hours looking at theyselves in front of a mirrorSome girls spend hours looking at theyselves in front of a mirror

The car is so hi-tech it can drive itselves.
The car is so hi-tech it can drive itself.

Give yourself a round of applause. You all did a good job!
Give yourselves a round of applause. You all did a good job!

Help youselves to some more food.
Help yourself to some more food.

We entertained ourselves computer games.
We entertained us with computer games.

I told me that I would get that job, and I did!
I told myself that I would get that job, and I did!

He taught themselves how to play the guitar.
He taught himself how to play the guitar.

Презентация учителя английского языка Цапулиной Л.А.
МОУ СОШ №7 имени Героя России А.А. Крупинова г.Городца
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