Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns

Key Notes:

📝 Choose Between Personal and Reflexive Pronouns

What is a Pronoun?

A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun to avoid repetition.
Example:

• 🐶 Raju loves his dog. → He loves his dog.

Personal Pronouns 👤

Personal pronouns refer to people or things. They change depending on who is speaking, being spoken to, or being spoken about.

Person	Singular	Plural
1st	I, me	we, us
2nd	you	you
3rd	he, him, she, her, it	they, them

Examples:

• 🌞 I am going to school.
• 👫 They are playing football.

Reflexive Pronouns 🔄

Reflexive pronouns are used when the subject and object are the same. They always end in -self (singular) or -selves (plural).

Singular	Plural
myself	ourselves
yourself	yourselves
himself, herself, itself	themselves

Examples:

• ✏️ I made the drawing myself.
• 🏀 They enjoyed the game themselves.

How to Choose Between Personal and Reflexive Pronouns 🤔

Ask: Is the action done to the same person who is doing it?

• ✅ Yes → Use a reflexive pronoun
• ❌ No → Use a personal pronoun

Examples:

• 🖌️ She painted the wall. → She painted it. ✅ (personal pronoun)
• 🖌️ She painted the wall herself. ✅ (reflexive pronoun – she did it herself)

Tips & Tricks 💡

• Reflexive pronouns are never the subject.
• ❌ Wrong: Myself went to the park.
• ✅ Right: I went to the park myself.
• Use personal pronouns when someone or something else receives the action.
• Reflexive pronouns can add emphasis:
• 🌟 He solved the puzzle himself.

Quick Emoji Memory Aid 🧠

• 👤 Personal pronouns → Who is doing the action?
• 🔄 Reflexive pronouns → Did they do it to themselves?