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Reflexive pronouns
10 sentences · Choose the -self word, Fix the -self word
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A pronoun that points back to the subject ends in -self or -selves: the girl dries herself, the cats lick themselves, I wash myself.
Example 1Choose the right pronoun.
The cat scratched ____.
The cat scratched itself.
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Example · Choose the right pronoun.The cat scratched ____. (themselves / itself)The cat scratched itself.
Example · Fix the pronoun that points back to the subject.We enjoyed myself.We enjoyed ourselves.
- Choose the right pronoun.Dad washed ____ gently. (herself / hisself / himself)
- Choose the right pronoun.Beth measured ____. (himself / herself)
- Choose the right pronoun.I wash ____. (myself / yourself)
- Choose the right pronoun.The farmer's cows licked ____. (itself / theirselves / themselves)
- Choose the right pronoun.We dry ____. (ourselves / myself)
- Fix the pronoun that points back to the subject.The players will dry himself.
- Fix the pronoun that points back to the subject.The dog did not hurt themselves.
- Fix the pronoun that points back to the subject.Did Dad hurt hisself?
- Fix the pronoun that points back to the subject.Ann measures himself.
- Fix the pronoun that points back to the subject.I dried yourself.
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- himself
- herself
- myself
- themselves
- ourselves
- The players will dry themselves.
- The dog did not hurt itself. or The dog did not hurt himself. or The dog did not hurt herself.
- Did Dad hurt himself?
- Ann measures herself.
- I dried myself.
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