5765 case and reflexive pronouns

Reflexive
Pronouns
yourself

The case of the pronoun shows how it is used in a
sentence:
subjective case – I, you, she, he, it, we, they
objective case – me, you, her, him, it, us, them
possessive case – my/mine, your/yours, her/hers,
his, its, our/ours, their/theirs
‘The reflexive pronouns usually refer to the subject of a
sentence. They should not be used as the subject,
INCORRECT – Ourselves went to the store.
CORRECT – We went to the store.
INCORRECT – Tito and myself went to the store.
CORRECT – Tito and I went to the store.

herself
himself
itself
ourselves
yourselves
themselves

myself

Choose
Choose the
the pronoun
pronoun in
in (( )) that

that best
best completes
completes each
each sentence,
sentence, and
and write
write it
it
on
on the
the line.
line. Then
Then write
write whether
whether it
it is
is in
in the
the subjective,
subjective, objective,
objective, or
or
possessive
possessive case.
case.
Many
Many Egyptian
Egyptian pyramids
pyramids have
have the

the same
same shape,
shape, but
but (they,
(they, them,
them, their)
their) sizes
sizes
vary
greatly.
______________________
vary greatly. ______________________
To
To bring
bring the
the heavy
heavy stones
stones from
from the
the quarry,
quarry, workers
workers carried
carried (they,
(they, them,
them,
themselves)
themselves) in
in wooden
wooden boats
boats along

along the
the Nile.
Nile. ______________________
______________________
Imhotep
Imhotep designed
designed Egypt’s
Egypt’s first
first pyramid;
pyramid; (its,
(its, it,
it, itself)
itself) is
is known
known as
as the
the Step
Step
Underline
Pyramid.
_______________________
Pyramid. _______________________

the reflexive
pronoun
in
A
A pyramid
pyramid would
would be

be built
built close
close to
to the
the Pharaoh’s
Pharaoh’s palace
palace so
so that
that he
he could
could see
see
each
(they,
(they, it,
it, them).
them). ________________
________________
sentence.
Circle the
Was
her)
Was the
the queen
queen buried
buried in
in (she,
(she, hers,
hers,
her) own

own chamber?
chamber?
antecedent.
_______________________
_______________________
6.
Man
uel,
try
this
proj
ect
for
your
self.
7.
Sheli
a


ed
hers
elf a
 Complete the story by circling the word in ( ) that
glass
of
best completes each sentence.
wate
r.
The two workers sat side by side, thinking to (themself, themselves,

theirselves).
8.
Queen Ashkena had asked (them, they, themselves) to carve a statue for (she, her,
Nanc
hers) in time for tomorrow’s feast. “Naator and( me, myself,y I) have been working on
and isn’t ready. What will
this stone for two weeks,” thought Moshe, “and (they, us, it)still
Mari
the Queen say when (she, her, herself) finds out?”
ssa
cook “(We, Us,
(Him, He, His) looked at (him, he, his) friend.
ed
Ourselves) need a plan. The other cravers are finished with
an
(their, there, they’re) work and have already
Egyp begun to arrive
for the feast. Queen Ashkena will be very tian
disappointed in (we,
meal
us, our) when the pharaoh tells (she, hers, her) that (we, us,
by
our) statue isn’t ready.”
the
msel
Naator looked up. The pharaoh
was coming towards (he, them, they)!
ves.
“Are (you, yours, yourselves) finished with the statue?” (him, he,
his) asked. “(Me, My, Mine) wife is eager to see (it, they, them).”

“Of course!” Naator exclaimed. “((It, Them They) will be at the
palace tomorrow at dawn
After the pharaoh left, Moshe looked at (him, he,
his) friend. “What do (yours, your, you) have to say
for (you, yourself, yourselves)? There isn’t enough
time for two men to finish this statue before dawn!”
“(You’re, Your, Youre) right,” said Naator. “But look!
The other cravers are coming over to help (ourselves,
us, ours).”

 Choose the best pronoun
to complete each
sentence.

Do you know how
Do you know how
________ move those
________ move those
gigantic stones?
gigantic stones?

Ramps are used to help
Ramps are used to help
bring the stones to
bring the stones to
_________ destination.
_________ destination.

I see a tour guide;
I see a tour guide;

let’s ask ________
let’s ask ________
how it is done.
how it is done.

What a clever idea; I
What a clever idea; I
wish it was
wish it was
_________!
_________!

Tell me about
Tell me about
_________
_________
idea.
idea.


 Write a sentence about each picture. Use case or reflexive pronouns in each
sentence. Example. Frogs are very agile creatures. They can jump very

hop very high.
1. _______________________________________________________________________________________
2. _______________________________________________________________________________________
3. _______________________________________________________________________________________
4. _______________________________________________________________________________________
5. _______________________________________________________________________________________

 An error with pronouns has been made in each sentence. Rewrite
each sentence replacing the error with the correct pronoun.
1. Tell me about yours ideas. ________________________________________________
2. James bought popcorn for I. _______________________________________________
3. Julia and me went to the shop. ______________________________________________
4. Us are doing a report about China. ___________________________________________
5. I helped she find a book.

________________________________________________

6. Judy wrote down notes about they. ___________________________________________
7. Themselves are very intelligent people. ________________________________________
8. Mark, did you travel to China by yourselves? _____________________
_______________________________________________________


Many
Many Egyptian
Egyptian pyramids
pyramids have
have the
the same
same shape,
shape, but
but (they,
(they, them,
them, their)
their) sizes
sizes vary
vary greatly.

greatly. possessive
possessive
To
To bring
bring the
the heavy
heavy stones
stones from
from the
the quarry,
quarry, workers
workers carried
carried (they,
(they, them,
them, themselves)
themselves) objective
objective
Imhotep
Imhotep designed
designed Egypt’s
Egypt’s first
first pyramid;
pyramid; (its,
(its, it,
it, itself)
itself) is
is known
known as
as the
the Step

Step Pyramid.
Pyramid. subjective
subjective
A
A pyramid
pyramid would
would be
be built
built close
close to
to the
the Pharaoh’s
Pharaoh’s palace
palace so
so that
that he
he could
could see
see (they,
(they, it,
it, them).
them). objective
objective
Was
the
queen
buried
in
(she,
hers,

her)
own
chamber?
possessive
Was the queen buried in (she, hers, her) own chamber? possessive

The two workers sat side by side, thinking to (themself, themselves, theirselves). Queen Ashkena
had asked (them, they, themselves) to carve a statue for (she, her, hers) in time for tomorrow’s
feast. “Naator and( me, myself, I) have been working on this stone for two weeks,” thought
Moshe, “and (they, us, it)still isn’t ready. What will the Queen say when (she, her, herself) finds
out?”
(Him, He, His) looked at (him, he, his) friend. “(We, Us, Ourselves) need a plan. The other
cravers are finished with (their, there, they’re) work and have already begun to arrive for the
feast. Queen Ashkena will be very disappointed in (we, us, our) when the pharaoh tells (she,
hers, her) that (we, us, our) statue isn’t ready.”
Naator looked up. The pharaoh was coming towards (he, them, they)! “Are (you, yours, yourselves)
finished with the statue?” (him, he, his) asked. “(Me, My, Mine) wife is eager to see (it, they,
them).” “Of course!” Naator exclaimed. “((It, Them They) will be at the palace tomorrow at dawn
After the pharaoh left, Moshe looked at (him, he, his) friend. “What do (yours, your, you)
have to say for (you, yourself, yourselves)? There isn’t enough time for two men to finish
this statue before dawn!”
“(You’re, Your, Youre) right,” said Naator. “But look! The other cravers are coming over to help
(ourselves, us, ours).”

Do you know how they
Do you know how they
move those gigantic
move those gigantic
stones?
stones?

Ramps are used to help
Ramps are used to help
bring the stones to their
bring the stones to their
destination.
destination.

What a clever idea; I
What a clever idea; I
wish it was mines!
wish it was mines!

I see a tour guide; let’s
I see a tour guide; let’s
ask her how it is done.
ask her how it is done.

Tell me about
Tell me about
your idea.
your idea.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

8.

Tell me about your ideas.
James bought popcorn for me.
Julia and I went to the shop.
We are doing a report about China.
I helped her find a book.
Judy wrote down notes about them.
They are very intelligent people.
Mark, did you travel to China by
yourself?