{"id":624,"date":"2015-03-18T03:55:51","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T03:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=624"},"modified":"2015-03-18T03:55:51","modified_gmt":"2015-03-18T03:55:51","slug":"reflexive-and-emphatic-pronouns-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/reflexive-and-emphatic-pronouns-exercise\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflexive and emphatic pronouns exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"

State which pronouns in the following sentences are reflexive and which are emphatic<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. He himself said this.<\/p>\n

2. I will do this myself.<\/p>\n

3. The boy hurt himself while playing.<\/p>\n

4. I cut myself while shaving.<\/p>\n

5. The principal himself distributed the prizes.<\/p>\n

6. You must not deceive yourself.<\/p>\n

7. I myself heard this remark.<\/p>\n

8. He cannot express himself very well.<\/p>\n

9. I wash my clothes myself.<\/p>\n

10. The poor woman killed herself.<\/p>\n

11. You have landed yourself in a mess.<\/p>\n

12. He loved himself so much that he thought of nobody else.<\/p>\n

13. We enjoyed ourselves when we went on holiday.<\/p>\n

14. He set himself ablaze.<\/p>\n

15. Please do not cheat yourself.<\/p>\n

16. He was sitting by himself.<\/p>\n

Answers<\/h3>\n

1. He himself<\/strong> said this. (Himself \u2013 emphatic; emphasizes the pronoun he)<\/p>\n

2. I will do this myself.<\/strong> (Myself \u2013 emphatic; emphasizes the pronoun I)<\/p>\n

3. The boy hurt himself<\/strong> while playing. (Himself \u2013 reflexive; object of the verb hurt)<\/p>\n

4. I cut myself<\/strong> while shaving. (Myself \u2013 reflexive; object of the verb cut)<\/p>\n

5. The principal himself<\/strong> distributed the prizes. (Himself \u2013 emphatic; emphasizes the noun principal)<\/p>\n

6. You must not deceive yourself<\/strong>. (Yourself \u2013 reflexive; object of the verb deceive)<\/p>\n

7. I myself<\/strong> heard this remark. (Myself \u2013 emphatic; emphasizes the pronoun I)<\/p>\n

8. He cannot express himself<\/strong> very well. (Himself \u2013 reflexive; object of the verb express)<\/p>\n

9. I wash my clothes myself<\/strong>. (Myself \u2013 emphatic; emphasizes the pronoun I)<\/p>\n

10. The poor woman killed herself<\/strong>. (Herself \u2013 reflexive; object of the verb killed)<\/p>\n

11. You have landed yourself<\/strong> in a mess. (Yourself \u2013 reflexive; object of the verb landed)<\/p>\n

12. He loved himself<\/strong> so much that he thought of nobody else. (Himself \u2013 reflexive; object of the verb loved)<\/p>\n

13. We enjoyed ourselves<\/strong> when we went on holiday. (Ourselves \u2013 reflexive; object of the verb enjoyed)<\/p>\n

14. He set himself<\/strong> ablaze. (Himself \u2013 reflexive; object of the verb set)<\/p>\n

15. Please do not cheat yourself<\/strong>. (Yourself \u2013 reflexive; object of the verb cheat)<\/p>\n

16. He was sitting by himself<\/strong>. (Himself \u2013 reflexive; it acts as the object of the preposition by)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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