REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS I MYSELF BY MYSELF YOU YOURSELF BY YOURSELF SHE HERSELF BY HERSELF HE HIMSELF BY HIMSELF WE OURSELVES BY OURSELVES

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1 Semana 4 INGLÉS E.M.P 1º S. REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS Observe these images: The girl herself does her homework The woman plays golf by herself Personal pronouns Reflexive pronouns I MYSELF BY MYSELF YOU YOURSELF BY YOURSELF SHE HERSELF BY HERSELF HE HIMSELF BY HIMSELF WE OURSELVES BY OURSELVES THEY THEMSELVES BY THEMSELVES Note:Doing a thing for oneself is to make it without help The forms Myself, Yourself, etc are use for emphasis. The forms By myself, By yourself, etc, are use idiomatically to give the meaning of alone. 23

2 E.M.P 1º S. INGLÉS Semana 4 Observe: He himself calculates his taxes. He calculates his taxes himself. He calculates his taxes by himself. Observe: I myself did the work I did the work myself I did the work by myself We ourselves organized the party We organized the party ourselves We organized the party by ourselves You yourself made the dress You made the dress yourself You made the dress by yourself You yourselves solved the problem You solved the problem yourselves You solved the problem by yourselves He himself painted the house He painted the house himself He painted the house by himself They themselves made the house They made the house themselves They made the house by themselves She herself has done the exercise She has done the exercise herself She has done the exercise by herself 24

3 Semana 4 INGLÉS E.M.P 1º S. 1. Translate the following dialogues: a. Dialogue 1: Are you solving your Math problems? Yes, I am solving them Do you solve them by yourself? Yes, I do. I myself solve the problems. b. Dialogue 2: What are you doing? I am organizing a birthday party Are you organizing the party by yourself? No, I am not. My friends are helping me. c. Dialogue 3: What is the boy doing? He is planting some trees in the park. Who is helping him? Nobody is helping him. He plants the trees by himself d. Dialogue 4: Who painted La Gioconda? Leonardo Da Vinci Did he paint it with other people? No, he didn`t. He painted it by himself. 2. Complete with the correct reflexive pronoun: a. I went to the exhibition by b. The trip was very interesting. c. The doctor gave me the medicine. 25

4 E.M.P 1º S. INGLÉS Semana 4 d. We visit our parents. e. The children washed f. Patricia and I never do our homework by g. The class was excellent. h. Carolina wrote the letter. i. I read the English book. j. My brothers will paint the house by k. Mr. Gonzalez will speak to you. 3. Chose the correct ending for each sentence: a. I will do the exercise By ourselves b. The doctor visited me By themselves c. José and I did the work By myself d. Our daughter washed By himself e. They came here By herself 4. Rewrite the sentences using by and the correct reflexive pronoun in place of the world alone a. The dog is eating alone. b. They solved the problems alone. c. I painted my bedroom alone. d. You did the exercise alone. e. He is planting alone. f. We went to the park alone. 5. Answer affirmatively: a. Does your brother work by himself? b. Did you go to the beach by yourself? c. Did she herself organize the party? 26

5 Semana 4 INGLÉS E.M.P 1º S. d. Do they make it all themselves? e. Do I myself play the piano? 6. Change these sentences to plural form. Example: This child dresses himself every morning. These children dress themselves every morning. a. This girl will have to do all the work by herself. b. That woman hurt herself when she was cooking. c. The teacher himself came to the party. d. I myself have done everything. e. The child made himself the bed. 7. Underline the correct reflexive pronoun: a. He hurt his hand by (yourself-himself-themselves) b. Olga cut (himself-myself-herself) with a knife. c. The boys organized (ourselves-themselves-yourselves)the party. d. You are making it by (yourself-themselves-ourselves) e. I have to do it by (himself-myself-herself) 8. Read and translate this reading (Taken from: Elementary reader in English) 27

6 E.M.P 1º S. INGLÉS Semana 4 What animal is the most intelligent? A university professor recently made several experiments with different animals to fi nd out which was the most intelligent. He found out that the monkey was more intelligent than other animals. In one experiment the professor put a monkey in a room where there were several small boxes. Some boxes were inside other boxes. One small box had some food inside of it. The professor wanted to watch the monkey and to fi nd out how long it would take the monkey to fi nd the food. The professor left the room. He waited a few minutes outside the door. Then he kneeled down and put his eye to the keyhole. What did he see? To his surprise he found himself looking directly into the eye of the monkey. The monkey was on the other side of the door, looking at the professor through the keyhole 28