Reflexive Pronouns - English Grammar Basics Video Lecture - Verbal Ability (VA) & Reading Comprehension (RC) - CAT

reflexive pronouns a reflexive pronoun
is used when we want to refer back to
the subject of the sentence or when the
subject is also the object of the
sentence this is the reason why they are
called reflexive pronouns because we try
to reflect back to the subject of the
sentence when we use them try to look at
the following reflexive pronouns
carefully for the singular forms we have
I for personal pronoun and myself for
the reflexive pronoun you yourself
he himself
she herself it itself we ourselves you
yourselves remember that the pronoun you
can be used for both singular and plural
forms and the last one they themselves
examples
I accidentally hurt myself for the
kitchen knife this morning I here is the
subject of the sentence and it is also
the object that's why we need to use a
reflexive pronoun myself I accidentally
hurt myself with a kitchen knife this
morning another example I accidentally
hurt her with a kitchen knife this
morning in the sentence the subject and
the object are different I and her are
two different persons therefore we don't
need to use a reflexive pronoun
some more examples she cleaned the house
herself
they'e locked themselves up my tiny cat
can defend itself from a playful dog for
our exercise complete the following
sentences by placing the correct
reflexive pronoun the first one my
little brother
talks to blank when he's in front of the
mirror
the subject here is my little brother
therefore we need to use the reflexive
pronoun himself
my little brother talks to himself when
he's in front of the mirror second one
only you can take care of blank the
subject you hear is singular
the answer is yourself only you can take
care of yourself the third one you
should always remind blank to do your
homework before playing but this time
the subject hue is plural the answer s
yourselves you should always remind
yourselves to do your homework before
playing the fourth one I always make
sure that I make blank look good the
correct answer s myself I always make
sure that I make myself look good I is
the subject of the sentence that's why
the reflexive pronoun myself is used the
last one we had me enjoying blank at
Paul's party the correct answer s
ourselves we had been enjoying ourselves
at Paul's party we is the subject of the
sentence that's why the reflexive
pronoun ourselves is used did you get
him right