227k views
2 votes
Make these reflexives

Try a few here:
You wash your face → ab
We dry our hair →
They brush their teeth →
He puts on his shoes →
Y'all shave your legs →
They take off their shirt →

1 Answer

2 votes

1. yourself (ab)

2. ourselves

3. themselves

4. on (ab) his shoes

5. yourselves (ab)

6. off (ab) their shirt

How are they so?

Reflexive forms involve the use of reflexive pronouns to indicate that the subject and the object of the verb are the same person or thing. Reflexive pronouns are: "myself," "yourself," "himself," "herself," "itself," "ourselves," "yourselves," and "themselves." Given the context, their reflexives are formed below:

1. You wash your face → You wash yourself

- In this case, the action of washing is performed by the subject (you) on the same person (yourself).

2. We dry our hair → We dry ourselves

- The action of drying is done by the subject (we) to the same people (ourselves).

3. They brush their teeth → They brush themselves

- The act of brushing is carried out by the subject (they) on themselves.

4. He puts on his shoes → He puts on himself

- Here, the subject (he) is putting something (shoes) on himself.

5. Y'all shave your legs → Y'all shave yourselves

- The action of shaving is done by the subject (y'all) on themselves, specifically on their legs.

6. They take off their shirt → They take off themselves

- In this case, the subject (they) is taking off something (shirt) from themselves.

User Robin McCorkell
by
7.6k points