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You answered one task out of 10 correctly. That is 10%.

1.      Robert made this T-shirt -----

Correct is: Robert made this T-shirt himself.

2.      Lisa did her homework ----

3.       Correct is: Lisa did her homework herself

4.      We helped -------- to some Coke at the party. 

Correct is: We helped ourselves to some Coke at the party.

5.      Emma, did you take the photo by -----

Correct is: Emma, did you take the photo byyourselF ?

6.      I wrote this poem myself.

7.      He cut -------- with the knife while he was doing the dishes. 

Correct is: He cut himself with the knife while he was doing the dishes.

8.      The lion can defend -----

Correct is: The lion can defend itself.

9.      My mother often talks to -----

10.   Correct is: My mother often talks to herself.

11.  Tim and Gerry, if you want more milk, help ------

Correct is: Tim and Gerry, if you want more milk, help yourselves.

12.  Alice and Doris collected the stickers -------

Correct is: Alice and Doris collected the stickers themselves.

Elige la respuesta correcta.

Principio del formulario

Q1 of 8

They can help ____. 

 theyselves 
 theyself 
 themselves 
 themself 

Q2 of 8

You (singular) can do it ____. 

 yourself 
 youself 
 youselve 
 yourselve 

Q3 of 8

You (plural) can do it ____. 

 youself 
 yourselves 
 youselves 
 yourself 

Q4 of 8

He cleaned the kitchen ____. 

 heself 
 hiself 
 himself 
 hisself 

Q5 of 8

I did my homework all by ____. 

 meself 
 mineself 
 self 
 myself 

Q6 of 8

We made the cake all by ____. 

 usself 
 ourself 
 ourselves 
 usselves 

Q7 of 8

Did she paint the rooms ____. 

 sheself 
 self 
 herselves 
 herself 

Q8 of 8

That dog just bit ____. 

 itself 
 itselves 
 heself 
 sheself 

The reflexive pronouns are:

Singular:	myself - yourself - himself - herself - itself
Plural:	ourselves - yourselves - themselves

When we use a reflexive pronoun

We use a reflexive pronoun:

• as a direct object when the object is the same as the subject of the verb:

I am teaching myself to play the piano.
Be careful with that knife. You might cut yourself.

We can use a reflexive pronoun as direct object with most transitive verbs, but these are the most common:

amuse	blame	cut	dry	enjoy	help
hurt	introduce	kill	prepare	satisfy	teach

Some verbs change their meaning slightly when they have a reflexive pronoun as direct object:

·         Would you like to help yourself to another drink?
= Would you like to take another drink.

·         I wish the children would behave themselves.
 = I wish the children would behave well.

·         He found himself lying by the side of the road.
= He was surprised when he realised that he was at the side of the road.

·         I saw myself as a famous actor.
= I imagined that I was a famous actor.

·         She applied herself to the job of mending the lights.
= She worked very hard to mend the lights.

·         He busied himself in the kitchen.
 = He worked busily in the kitchen.

·         I had to content myself with a few Euros.
= I had to be satisfied with a few Euros.

We do not use a reflexive pronoun after verbs which describe things people usually do for themselves, such as wash, shave, dress:

He washed [himself] in cold water.
He always shaved [himself] before going out in the evening.
Michael dressed [himself] and got ready for the party.

We only use reflexives with these verbs for emphasis:

He dressed himself in spite of his injuries.
She’s old enough to wash herself.

• as indirect object when the indirect object is the same as the subject of the verb:

Would you like to pour yourself a drink.
We’ve brought ourselves something to eat.

• as the object of a preposition when the object refers to the subject of the clause:

They had to cook for themselves.
He was feeling very sorry for himself.

Warning
But we use personal pronouns, not reflexives, after prepositions of place... He had a suitcase beside him. and after with when it means "accompanied by": She had a few friends with her.

We use a reflexive pronoun...

• with the preposition by when we want to show that someone did something alone and/or without any help:

He lived by himself in an enormous house.
She walked home by herself.

The children got dressed by themselves.
I prepared the whole meal by myself.

• to emphasise the person or thing we are referring to:

Kendal itself is quite a small town.

especially if we are talking about someone very famous:

Sir Paul McCartney himself sang the final song.

We often put the reflexive pronoun at the end of the clause when we are using it for emphasis:

I baked the bread myself.
She mended the car herself

Pronouns: reflexive  

subject pronoun	reflexive pronoun
I	myself
you (singular)	yourself
he	himself
she	herself
it	itself
one	oneself
we	ourselves
you (plural)	yourselves
they	themselves

Los pronombres reflexivos se usan cuando el sujeto y el complemento del verbo son lo mismo. El sujeto hace la acción a sí mismo. En inglés no se utilizan los verbos reflexivos tanto como en español. En vez de verbos reflexivos, utilizamos uno de los siguientes pronombres reflexivos.

Pronombres reflexivos	Ejemplo
myself yo mismo, a mí	I saw it myself. Yo mismo lo vi.
yourself tú mismo (a tí), usted mismo (a usted)	Don’t burn yourself! ¡No te quemes! / ¡No se queme!
himself él mismo, a sí mismo	He hurt himself. Se hizo daño.
herself ella misma, a sí misma	She did it herself. Lo hizo ella misma.
itself él mismo, a sí mismo	The cat scratched itself. El gato se rascó.
ourselves nosotros mismos	We made it ourselves. Lo hemos hecho nosotros mismos.
yourselves vosotros mismos, ustedes mismos	Did you paint the house yourselves? ¿Pintasteis la casa vosotros mismos? / ¿Pintaron la casa ustedes mismos?
themselves ellos mismos	They were speaking to themselves. Ellos hablaban consigo mismos.

Grammatical Rules (Reglas gramaticales)

1. Podemos utilizar pronombres reflexivos con la mayoría de verbos transitivos, pero los más comunes son los siguientes:

 blame (culpar, echar la culpa a),  cut (cortar),  enjoy (disfrutar),
 help (ayudar),  hurt (hacerse daño),  introduce (presentarse),
 prepare (preparar),  teach (enseñar)…

Ejemplos:

How did he hurt himself?(¿Cómo se hizo daño?)

We really enjoyed ourselves while on holiday.(Realmente disfrutamos mientras estábamos de vacaciones.)

I blame myself.(Me culpo.)

2. Cuando queremos enfatizar el sujeto, podemos usar pronombres reflexivos. En estos casos, es más común colocar el pronombre al final de la oración en lugar de después del verbo.

Ejemplos:

We painted the house ourselves.(Pintamos la casa nosotros mismos.)

What a great party! Did you prepare everything yourself?(¡Qué gran fiesta! ¿Lo preparaste todo tú mismo?)

3. Usamos “by” + el pronombre reflexivo para indicar “solo”.

Ejemplos:

I often prefer to be by myself.(A menudo prefiero estar solo.)

She learned to read all by herself.(Ella aprendió a leer por sí misma.)

4. El uso del pronombre reflexivo con algunos verbos puede cambiar el significado.

Ejemplos:

Help yourself to some coffee.(Sírvete un café tú mismo.)

We found ourselves in the middle of a very complicated situation.(Nos encontramos en medio de una situación muy complicada.)

5. No utilizamos pronombres reflexivos para acciones que la gente suele hacer a sí misma.

Ejemplo:

I have to shave every other day.(Tengo que afeitarme cada dos días.)

I have to shave myself every other day.

6. Utilizamos pronombres reflexivos en algunas expresiones.

Ejemplos:

Behave yourselves!(¡Compórtense bien!)

Help yourself.(Sírvete tú mismo.)

Make yourself at home.(Siéntete como en tu propia casa.)