I was cooking when I hurt myself

I hurt myself while I was cooking

 The boy looked at himself in the mirror.

 The cat looked at itself in the mirror.

himself /itself = Reflexive pronoun

 We use a reflexive pronoun when the
subject and the object are the same.

Singular
Plural
•myself
•yourself •ourselves
(one person)
•yourselves
•himself (more than
•herself one person)

•itself •themselves
 He cut himself when he was shaving.

subject object
I know I don’t need that dress,
but…

She is talking to herself.

subject object

What a great party! We enjoyed

ourselves a lot.

subject
object
Tom did his homework by himself.

 We use by + reflexive pronoun meaning alone:

 I live by myself. = I live alone.

Susan is talking to herself on the phone.

We can also use reflexive pronoun like this:

I made the cake by myself.

They are looking at

themselves in the mirror.

Let’s fix the car ourselves.

It’s cheaper.
Exercise: Fill the gaps with the correct reflexive pronoun.

1) Robert made this T-shirt …………...

2) Lisa did the homework……………..
3) Intelligent students teach ……………..
4) Emma, did you take the photo by ………………?
5) I wrote this poem………………… .
6) He cut ……..with the knife while he was doing the dishes.
7) The lion can defend ………...
8) My mother often talks to ………...
9) Tim and Gerry, if you want more milk, help ………...
10) Alice and Sara collected the stickers …………..
 Let’s practise:
1- Don’t play with the knife. You’re going to hurt _________

2- It wasn’t Mary's fault. Why does she blame __________ ?

3- Who painted your house? Nobody. I painted it ________ .

4- What a pretty dress. Is it true Sarah made it

_____________?

6- Who told you Samuel was fired? - Samuel ____________.

7- The party ___________ was very nice, but I didn’t like the
food.
8.- They are very selfish. They only think of ______________.

9.- The two little girls fell off their bikes and hurt
___________.