Vocabulary and Grammar Here is a comprehensive reflexive pronouns worksheet for pre- Exercises: matching, intermediate students. binary choice, gap-fill, sentence completion, Procedure writing sentences from prompts Give each student a copy of the two worksheets.
Go through how reflexive pronouns are used with the class.
Focus Students then match subject pronouns to reflexive pronouns. Reflexive pronouns Next, students read sentences and choose the correct reflexive pronoun to complete each one. Aim To learn and practice Exercise B - Answer key reflexive pronouns. 1. himself 6. themselves 2. myself 7. yourself Preparation 3. ourselves 8. itself 4. herself 9. ourselves Make one copy of the 5. myself 10. yourselves two worksheets for each student. After that, students complete sentences with reflexive pronouns.
Level Exercise C - Answer key
Pre-intermediate (A2) 1. yourself 6. itself
2. myself 7. yourselves 3. herself 8. ourselves Time 4. themselves 9. itself 30 minutes 5. himself 10. themselves
Following that, students write appropriate subject pronouns for
sentences that contain reflexive pronouns.
Exercise D - Answer key
1. I 2. She 3. You 4. We 5. He 6. It 7. We 8. He 9. They 10. She
Afterwards, students read a text about a party and complete the
A. Match the subject pronouns to the reflexive pronouns.
I herself You itself Reflexive pronouns are words He ourselves ending in -self or -selves. She yourselves They are used to refer back It himself to the subject of a sentence You (plural) themselves and can act as either objects We myself or indirect objects. They yourself
B. Choose the correct reflexive pronoun for each sentence.
1. Mario cut itself / himself on the broken glass.
2. I introduced yourself / myself to the class.
3. We built the house yourselves / ourselves.
4. She made the cake by herself / myself.
5. I painted the picture yourself / myself.
6. Emma and Mary prepared the dinner ourselves / themselves.
7. You should take more care of myself / yourself.
8. The cat looked at herself / itself in the mirror.
9. We really enjoyed themselves / ourselves at the beach.
10. All of you need to carry your bags by ourselves / yourselves.
C. Complete each sentence with the correct reflexive pronoun.
1. I'm sorry Akiko, you'll have to go to class by .....................
2. I enjoyed ..................... at the party.
3. Karen stayed at home last night by .....................
4. My mother and father painted the garden fence .....................
5. Lucas likes to learn English by .....................
6. The dog came home by .....................
7. Hi Chen and Yang! Please, come in and make ..................... at home.
8. We helped ..................... to the coffee.
9. The computer switched ..................... off.
10. The children can decorate the Christmas tree by .....................
D. Complete the sentences with an appropriate subject pronoun. Loot at the reflexive pronoun to help you.
1. ..................... repaired the bike myself.
2. ..................... doesn't like eating by herself.
3. ..................... will have to do your homework yourself.
4. ..................... can move the table ourselves.
5. ..................... taught himself to play the drums.
6. ..................... caught the mouse itself.
7. ..................... can find the way to the cinema ourselves.
8. ..................... built the tree house himself.
9. ..................... helped themselves to more chocolate cake.
10. ..................... taught herself to play chess.
E. Complete the text with the correct reflexive pronouns.
My flatmate Alex had no idea we were going to hold a surprise birthday party for him. We knew he wouldn't get home until 7 o'clock, so everyone arrived at the flat early to help set everything up. We decided to do the decorations (1) ..................... We didn't want to buy a cake for Alex. We wanted his birthday to be special, so Kathy and Gregg decided they were going to bake a cake (2) ..................... and went into the kitchen. The rest of us decorated the living room. Katie didn't do much to help. She was too busy taking photos of (3) ..................... to post online. Richard arrived later in the afternoon with his turntables. He wanted to set them up (4) ..................... so we left him to it. We arranged some tables to put the food and drinks on and by 6 o'clock everything was ready. Alex arrived on time and was very surprised to see we had made a party for him. The party was a lot of fun. Everyone helped (5) ..................... to food and drink. We all enjoyed (6) ..................... and partied late into the night. I think the party was a real success.
F. Create an example sentence for each reflexive pronoun using your own ideas.
myself himself herself yourself itself ourselves yourselves themselves
Grammar Practice Simplified: Guided Practice in Basic Skills (Book B, Grades 3-4): Sentences, Verbs, Nouns, Pronouns, Capitalization, Subjects, Predicates, and More
