Here is the paragraph with the nouns and pronouns replaced with reflexive or intensive pronouns:
It was starting to get dark. Himself was concerned because the car was running out of gas. It has been a grueling 8 hour drive and himself is already tired and hungry. Herself must be worried about himself. His cellphone got drained and couldn’t even send a single text message to herself. Himself looked at the map and saw that there are only five kilometers to drive, himself breathed a sigh of relief and hoped that himself could be there before nightfall.
From out of the shadows himself could see the city lights beaming from the tree lines. It made his heart light to smell the
Here is the paragraph with the nouns and pronouns replaced with reflexive or intensive pronouns:
It was starting to get dark. Himself was concerned because the car was running out of gas. It has been a grueling 8 hour drive and himself is already tired and hungry. Herself must be worried about himself. His cellphone got drained and couldn’t even send a single text message to herself. Himself looked at the map and saw that there are only five kilometers to drive, himself breathed a sigh of relief and hoped that himself could be there before nightfall.
From out of the shadows himself could see the city lights beaming from the tree lines. It made his heart light to smell the
Here is the paragraph with the nouns and pronouns replaced with reflexive or intensive pronouns:
It was starting to get dark. Himself was concerned because the car was running out of gas. It has been a grueling 8 hour drive and himself is already tired and hungry. Herself must be worried about himself. His cellphone got drained and couldn’t even send a single text message to herself. Himself looked at the map and saw that there are only five kilometers to drive, himself breathed a sigh of relief and hoped that himself could be there before nightfall.
From out of the shadows himself could see the city lights beaming from the tree lines. It made his heart light to smell the
KITCHEN KNIFE, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, I’LL BE HAPPY TO SEE YOU TRY THAT ON MYSELF. YOU BROUGHT THIS ON YOURSELF PREPARE TO ALL RIGHT, BUT FIRST YOU SHOULD PICK UP YOUR OWN THINK ABOUT WHAT THESE PEOPLE PIECES WOULD SAY. IT WOULD BE A PITY FOR THEMSELVES TO SEE YOU BEING WHACKED BY THEIR FRIENDLY WALLCRAWLER OH YEAH, THEN WHY ARE YOU SO JUMPY AND EDGY YOURSELF. QUIT YOUR FIDGETING LITTLE SPIDER AND GIVE ME A GOOD FIGHT
YOUR SLICING TACTICS WON’T
WORK ON ME POINTY HEAD, I’VE SEEN THEM BEFORE MYSELF. IT’S A PITY YOUR CUTE NAILS ARE GOING TO BORE THE HECK OUT OF ME SORRY TO DISAPPOINT YOU FOLKS, BUT SPIDEY AND I ARE JUST HAVING A LITTLE FUN WITH OURSELVES.
YOU GOT THAT
RIGHT YOURSELF BLADE GUY.BY LIKE I’M SCARED OF THE WAY, WHERE IT MYSELF, BRING ARE YOUR CUTE IT ON LATER MAN, FINGERNAILS ? HEY YOU WATCHING THIS WOAH! DON’T PUSH SLIDE, WHAT DO YOUR LUCK RED GUY YOU THINK ARE WHO IS LIVING WITH THESE RED HIS OLD AUNTIE OR HIGHLIGHTED YOU YOURSELF WILL WORDS FOR? HAVE A REAL BEATING THIS TIME. WHAT DID YOU OBSERVE FROM THEIR WISECRACKS, DIDYOU NOTICE THE RED UNDERLINED WORDS?
What are those words and why are
they used just to refer to a single subject? Observe these dialogue callouts and the highlighted words: SORRY TO DISAPPOINT YOU FOLKS, BUT SPIDEY AND I ARE JUST HAVING A LITTLE FUN WITH OURSELVES.
LIKE I’M SCARED OF
YOU GOT THAT IT MYSELF, BRING RIGHT YOURSELF IT ON LATER MAN, BLADE GUY.BY HEY YOU THE WAY, WHERE WATCHING THIS ARE YOUR CUTE WOAH! DON’T PUSH SLIDE, WHAT DO YOUR LUCK RED GUY YOU THINK ARE FINGERNAILS ? WHO IS LIVING WITH THESE RED HIS OLD AUNTIE OR HIGHLIGHTED YOU YOURSELF WILL WORDS FOR? HAVE A REAL BEATING THIS TIME. Reflexive pronouns –Are pronouns that refer back to the subject of a sentence:
1.I gave myself plenty of time to get to work.
2.You should let yourself into the house. 3.Jim bought himself a shirt. 4.Jill read to herself. 5.The dog scratched itself. 6.We treated ourselves to pizza. 7.You can make yourselves at home. Intensive pronouns -are the same words used to emphasize the subject of the sentence. Intensive pronouns usually appear right near the subject of the sentence. These pronouns are also called emphatic pronouns.
1.I myself am sick of the heat.
2.You yourself are responsible for this mess! 3.The president himself appeared at the rally. 4.The actress herself wrote those lines. 5.The cat itself caught the mouse. 6.We ourselves made the meal. 7.You yourselves can win this game. 8.The troops themselves helped the people escape the burning building. Reflexive/intensive proper noun pronoun pronoun
marco I,me myself
ourselves The team We/ us
Jeffrey/susan He /she Himself/ herself
the crew They/them themselves
A cactus it itself
An individual or a group you Yourself/ yourselves
Change the following pronouns to its reflexive or intensive counterpart: 1. I saw the incident myself, it was so horrifying. 2.We, ourselves are a bunch of skeptics and unbelievers. 3.He took the punishment himself, and did it without regret. 4. Can you untie the bond yourself without hurting my arm? 5. We must connect ourselves to them to attain favors. 6.I want to see it myself, I won’t be fooled by false advertising. 7.It uncoils itself and grows while undergoing cell division. 8.We can’t decide ourselves because we have to wait for the council. 9. He can accomplish this impossible task himself. 10.You are all unaware victims yourselves. Change the following pronouns to its reflexive or intensive counterpart: 1. I myself saw the incident, it was so horrifying. 2.We, are a bunch of skeptics and unbelievers ourselves. 3.He himself took the punishment, and did it without regret. 4. Can you yourself untie the bond without hurting my arm? 5. We ourselves must connect to them to attain favors. 6.I myself want to see it, I won’t be fooled by false advertising. 7.It itself uncoils and grows while undergoing cell division. 8.We ourselves can’t decide because we have to wait for the council. 9. He himself can accomplish this impossible task. 10.You yourselves are all unaware victims. Replace the nouns and pronouns in the paragraph with either reflexive or intensive pronouns: (15-20 ) It was starting to get dark. Herman was concerned because the car was running out of gas. It has been a grueling 8 hour drive and he is already tired and hungry. Elsa must be worried about him. His cellphone got drained and couldn’t even send a single text message to her. He looked at the map and saw that there are only five kilometers to drive, he breathed a sigh of relief and hoped that he could be there before nightfall. From out of the shadows he could see the city lights beaming from the tree lines. It made his heart light to smell the fresh pine trees lining up the road side. It would just be a while before he would be able to see their house entrance. He imagines little Billy and Cindy running out to meet him in the front yard. And smells the sweet, fragrant aroma of his wife’s dinner table. And there it is the house’s front yard and the same time the car stopping by itself because it ran out of gasoline. He thanked God for the perfect timing and got out of the car to meet his family.