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REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS

The reflexive pronouns are:

EXERCISE

Choose the correct reflexive pronoun for each sentence

Example: Some stories help us understand (ourselves, themselves).

1. The characters in some stories learn about (themselves, themself ).

2. The husband in “Cathedral” was unsure of (himself, herself ).

3. He stayed home by (himself, herself ).

4. His wife did things by (himself, herself ). Sometimes she included her husband.

5. She wanted her blind friend to visit. The blind man lived by (himself, themselves).

6. Robert, the blind man, traveled on the train by (themselves, himself ).

7. The husband didn’t want to involve (himself, herself ) with a blind man.

8. The husband said, “Go by (herself, yourself ) to pick him up at the train station.

9. She happily went by (himself, herself ).

10. Robert and the wife laughed to (themselves, themself ) as they arrived at the house.

11. The jealous, unhappy husband sat inside by (himself, herself ).

12. He watched them. He thought to (herself, himself ), “How can a blind man travel

alone?”

13. The wife told Robert, “Make (yourselves, yourself ) at home.”

14. Later, Robert and the husband watched television by (themself, themselves).

15. Robert had trouble understanding the program about cathedrals by (themselves,

himself ).

16. The husband explained what cathedrals were. He began to involve (himself, themselves) in the blind man’s world.

17. They drew a picture of a cathedral together with their eyes closed. The husband

wasn’t by (herself, himself ) anymore

ONLINE EXERCISES

1. http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/pronouns/reflexive_pronouns.htm
2. http://www.nspeak.com/newbasic/grammatica/riflessivi.htm
3. http://www.eflnet.com/grammar/reflexives.php

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