{"id":657,"date":"2022-04-20T03:23:50","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T03:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/?page_id=657"},"modified":"2025-10-04T06:58:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T06:58:42","slug":"e-gg-8-use-reflexive-pronouns","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/e-gg-8-use-reflexive-pronouns\/","title":{"rendered":"E- GG.8 Use reflexive pronouns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-huge-font-size\" style=\"color:#00056d;text-transform:uppercase\"><strong> Use reflexive pronouns<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-large-font-size\" style=\"color:#74008b\"><strong>Key Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">\ud83c\udf1f <strong>Use Reflexive Pronouns<\/strong> \ud83c\udf1f<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>What are Reflexive Pronouns?<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Reflexive pronouns are words that <strong>refer back to the subject of the sentence<\/strong>.<br>They show that <strong>the person or thing doing the action is also receiving the action<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples of reflexive pronouns:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Myself \ud83e\uddd1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yourself \ud83e\uddd1\u200d\ud83e\udd1d\u200d\ud83e\uddd1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Himself \ud83d\udc68<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Herself \ud83d\udc69<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Itself \ud83d\udc31<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ourselves \ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83d\udc69\u200d\ud83d\udc67\u200d\ud83d\udc66<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yourselves \ud83d\udc6c<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Themselves \ud83d\udc6d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong>When to Use Reflexive Pronouns<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-normal-font-size\"><strong>\u2705 a) When the subject and object are the same<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I made <strong>myself<\/strong> a sandwich. \ud83e\udd6a<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>She taught <strong>herself<\/strong> to play the piano. \ud83c\udfb9<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-normal-font-size\"><strong>\u2705 b) To emphasize the subject<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I <strong>myself<\/strong> will finish the project. \ud83d\udcdd<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They <strong>themselves<\/strong> solved the problem. \ud83d\udca1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-normal-font-size\"><strong>\u2705 c) After prepositions<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He did it all by <strong>himself<\/strong>. \ud83d\udc4f<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We enjoyed the trip by <strong>ourselves<\/strong>. \ud83c\udf04<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong>Important Rules<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Never use reflexive pronouns as the <strong>subject<\/strong>. \u274c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u274c Wrong: <strong>Myself<\/strong> went to the park.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2705 Correct: <strong>I<\/strong> went to the park. \ud83c\udf33<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Use reflexive pronouns when the <strong>action returns to the subject<\/strong>. \ud83d\udd04<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Reflexive pronouns can show <strong>emphasis<\/strong>. \ud83d\udca5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong>Quick Tip<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you can replace it with the subject and the sentence still makes sense, you\u2019re using it correctly! \u2705<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong>Examples in Sentences<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He cut <strong>himself<\/strong> while cooking. \ud83c\udf73<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We made the decorations <strong>ourselves<\/strong>. \ud83c\udf88<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>She looked at <strong>herself<\/strong> in the mirror. \ud83e\ude9e<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You must finish the work by <strong>yourself<\/strong>. \ud83d\udcda<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udca1 <strong>Remember:<\/strong> Reflexive pronouns always end in <strong>-self<\/strong> (singular) or <strong>-selves<\/strong> (plural)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-large-font-size\" style=\"color:#d90000\">Let&#8217;s practice!\ud83d\udd8b\ufe0f <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordwall.net\/play\/78472\/980\/241\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-2-145.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-2-145.png 500w, https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-2-145-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-2-145-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordwall.net\/play\/79291\/593\/869\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-1-1-152.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-1-1-152.png 500w, https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-1-1-152-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-1-1-152-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Use reflexive pronouns Key Notes: \ud83c\udf1f Use Reflexive Pronouns \ud83c\udf1f What are Reflexive Pronouns? Reflexive pronouns are words that refer back to the subject of the sentence.They show that the person or thing doing the action is also receiving the action. Examples of reflexive pronouns: When to Use Reflexive Pronouns \u2705 a) When the subject<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/e-gg-8-use-reflexive-pronouns\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;E- GG.8 Use reflexive pronouns&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-657","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=657"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16030,"href":"https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/657\/revisions\/16030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}