ky, The forms of reflexive pronouns

Personal Pronoun Reflexive Pronoun

I myself
You(singular) yourself
You(plural) yourselves
he himself
she herself
it itself
we ourselves
they themselves
Refleive pronouns are used in three main situations :

When the subjet and I hurt myself.

object are the same He shot himself.
As the object of a I bought a present for
preposition referring to myself.
the subject
When you want to I’ ll do it myself(no one
emphasize the subject else will help me)

Fill in the blanks with the right reflexive pronouns :

1/ Jhon hurts ……………while he was fixing his car.

2/ At 12 :30 Junko and I went to the cafeteria to buy………………some lunch.

3/ When I saw………………in the mirror,Iwas horrified –there was red paint on my nose.

4/ Jody and her husband own their own company, so they can give……………..a holiday any time they
like

5/Look there’s a little bird washing………………….in the river.

6/He only thinks of…….............

7/ She looked at ……………………in the mirror.

8/Tom did the work ……………….

9/ I must speak to your father……………………….

10/It was Mary ……………….who met him in the park

The use of « Have something done » :

We can not say that we do , did or going to do something if it is in fact another person who is going
to perform the action. If you say « Iam going to cut my hair »it means that you will sit down in front
of the mirror with the scissors and do it yourself
When we wish to talk about arranging for things to be done by other people, we use the structure to
have something done.

1/I am going to have my hair cut .

2/I have my car serviced every two months.

3/We got the house redecorated over the summer.

Practice : A/ Complete the sentences and make clear tha the people don’t/ didn’t do it themselves.

1/ Yesterday,(I / cut / my hair). I had my hair cut .

2/Every Friday,( Joe/ wash/ his car)…………………………………………………………………………………………..

3/ Tomorrow, ( she /repair/ her shower)…………………………………………………………………………………..

4/Each Sunday, ( we/deliver/apizza)………………………………………………………to our home.

5/ Last year,(Bob/clean / his house)…………………………………………………………by a charewoman.

6/As Phill had a broken arm,( he / type /his texts)………………………………………………by his secretary.

7/(I/ pik up/the goods)……………………………………………………….tomorrow afternoon.

8/(We/ redecorate/our walls)………………………………………………………………………………..last summer.

9/Whenever clara is staying at this hotel,(she /carry/her bags)……………………………………………….

Into her room.

9/(We / organise/ our last party) …………………………………………………….by professionals.

B/ Circle the correct alternative.

Rachael and Vicky are at Harriet’s party.

Mike : Have you met before ?

Rachael : Yes, we( did/have /had). Vicky and (myself/ I/me) are old friends.

Mike : Oh, right.Well,I hope you enjoy (yourself/ yourselves)toninght.

Rachael : I’m sure we will.I feel just in the mood for a party.

Mike : well, please help(you/ yourself/yourselves)to a drink.Are you OK Vicky ?

Vicky : Sorry I’ve got this awful feeling that I have to do something very important,and(me/myself/I)
can’t remember what is it.

Rachael : Vicky you worry too much, come on, just relax( yourself/you)