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Grammar: Reflexive Pronouns

Assess
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Complete each sentence by writing the correct reflexive pronoun. Then, underline the
antecedent of the reflexive pronoun. (Remember, an antecedent can be compound.)

1. A mother chimp occupies

with taking care of her baby

until it is about five years old.

2. My teammates and I drove

hard to prepare for the big

game.
3. Arent you being a bit too hard on
4. The jenny wren makes

?
at home in cities, where people

often build birdhouses for it.

5. Although Mr. Hannigan is a skilled architect, he does not think of

as an artist.
6. Dr. Jane Goodall and Dr. Louis S. B. Leakey prided

on

their findings about primates.

7. Heather announced, I like to think of

as a courageous

person.

Circle the letter of the sentence that uses pronouns correctly.

1. A. Everyone except myself seemed to understand the math problem.

B. Everyone except me seemed to understand the math problem.
2. A. All of you dancers should do yourself a favor and stretch more.
B. All of you dancers should do yourselves a favor and stretch more.
3. A. She and Kelly took themselves out of the tennis tournament.
B. She and Kelly took herself out of the tennis tournament.
4. A. Reggie and myself will both attend the sports banquet.
B. Reggie and I will both attend the sports banquet.
5. A. The group consisted of two guides, a family of six, and us.
B. The group consisted of two guides, a family of six, and ourselves.

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