Question

Reflexive Pronouns

Directions: After reading the rules and examples, follow the directions in each Review section below to complete this assignment.

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Rule: A reflexive pronoun is similar to an intensive pronoun. The main difference is the location of the pronoun in the sentence. For reflexive pronouns, the subject and the object are the same person.

Example: I made it myself. (I and myself refer to the same person.)

Examples of singular reflexive pronouns:

I, you, he, she, it,
myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, oneself
Examples of plural reflexive pronouns:

we, you, they,
ourselves, yourselves, themselves
Directions: Follow the directions in each Review section below to complete this assignment.

Review Part A

Directions: Identify the reflexive pronouns used in the paragraph.

Our school holds a carnival each year. The students help get everything ready. Ted is in charge of making signs. He painted all of the booth signs himself. The signs looked great. Marge and Madge are in charge of ticket sales. They outdid themselves this year. They sold more tickets than anyone ever had before. I am in charge of refreshments. I made a flyer and sent it home with all of the students. I was able to get over five hundred cases of soda donated to the carnival. I was very proud of myself.

Review Part B

Directions: Have you ever been to a carnival or a fair? Write about the experience and use reflexive pronouns in the paragraph. Identify the reflexive pronouns.

Answer 1

Our school holds a carnival each year. The students help get everything ready. Ted is in charge of making signs. He painted all of the booth signs himself. The signs looked great. Marge and Madge are in charge of ticket sales. They outdid themselves this year. They sold more tickets than anyone ever had before. I am in charge of refreshments. I made a flyer and sent it home with all of the students. I was able to get over five hundred cases of soda donated to the carnival. I was very proud of myself.

Step-by-step explanation:

Our(possessive) school holds a carnival each year. The students help get everything(indefinite) ready. Ted is in charge of making signs. He(reflexive) painted all(indefinite) of the booth signs himself(reflexive). The signs looked great. Marge and Madge are in charge of ticket sales. They(reflexive) outdid themselves(reflexive) this year. They(reflexive) sold more tickets than anyone(indefinite) ever had before. I(reflexive) am in charge of refreshments. I(reflexive) made a flyer and sent it home with all(indefinite) of the students. I(reflexive) was able to get over five hundred cases of soda donated to the carnival. I(reflexive) was very proud of myself(reflexive).

Possessive: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs

Reflexive: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, oneself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves

Reciprocal: each other, one another

Relative: that, which, who, whose, whom, where, when

Indefinite pronoun: all, any, anyone, anything, each, everybody, everyone, everything, few, many, nobody, none, one, several, some, somebody, someone

You'll have to to part B yourself due to plagiarism rules.

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