Make up sentences with reflexive pronouns.

pinch herself wish myself talk to himself hurt myself enjoy themselves

take care of herself cut himself wish yourself be proud of yourselves blame ourselves

feel sorry for myself introduce herself believe in myself work for themselves

When Jenny won the lottery, she pinched herself to make sure she wasn’t dreaming.

 

5.5. Complete these sentences using on my own/by myself, etc.

1) Learner drivers are not allowed to drive on their own.

2) I’m glad I live with other people. I wouldn’t like to live on ….

3) The box was too heavy for me to lift it by ….

4) I went over to talk to Tim at the party because he was by ….

5) Very young children should not be allowed to go swimming by ….

6) Hasn’t she got any friends? When I see her, she is always on ….

7) I don’t like strawberries with cream. I like them on ….

8) Do you like working with other people or do you prefer working by ….

9) We had no help decorating the flat. We did it completely on ….

 

 

Review Exercises

(Reflexive Pronouns)

 

Find and correct one mistake in each sentence.

1) I cut me shaving this morning.

2) We got out of the water and dried ourselfes.

3) I’m going to the shops to get my some tennis shoes.

4) Talking to himself is the first sign of madness.

5) His letters are all about themselves.

6) I’m going to tell she some facts about herself.

7) I love you for myself, not for your money.

8) It’s quicker if you do it herself.

9) The house oneself is very nice, but the garden’s very small.

10) I like to spend time by me.

11) ’Do they need help?’ – ‘No. They can do it by ourselves.’

12) Do you shave yourself on Sundays?

13) Try to concentrate yourself.

14) I feel myself better today.

15) Hurry yourself!

16) She had to introduce oneself to them.

 

Rewrite the following sentences according to the model. Write some sentences by yourself.

The Chief of police himself made the arrest. – It was the Chief of police himself who made the arrest.

1) This picture can’t have been painted by Picasso himself. – It can’t have been Picasso…

2) O. Wilde himself once said: ‘A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.’ – It was…

3) It was the headmaster himself who told me about that.

4) The husband himself painted the house.

5) Mary herself solved that problem.

6) The Robinsons themselves printed the card.

7) John himself has never read the book.

8) I myself painted this picture.

9) S. Bach himself composed this fugue.

10) He himself was too weak to do that.

11) You yourself are mature enough for this.

12) This song can’t have been composed by P. McCartney himself.

13) There can be no doubt that E. Hemingway himself wrote this book.

14) The CNN correspondent himself told me the whole truth.

15) Julia herself wrote her examination paper.

16) On Monday the President of the company herself appeared on television.

 

Translate into English.

1) Я сам отвечу на это письмо.

2) Он не любит говорить о себе.

3) Я уверена, что она захочет сделать это сама.

4) Как вы себя чувствуете?

5) Не брейтесь в темноте. Вы порежетесь.

6) Я оставлю эту книгу для себя.

7) Все были удивлены тем, как он себя вёл.

8) «Будет скандал», – пробормотал Джеймс как будто самому себе.

9) Она себя не понимала.

10) Если ты занят, я могу пойти на вечеринку одна.

11) Вернись, мой мальчик, и закрой дверь. Двери сами не закрываются, не правда ли?

12) Были такие моменты, когда ему было чрезвычайно жалко самого себя.

13) В этот вечер они должны были обедать одни.

14) Вам самим придется зарабатывать себе на жизнь.

15) Ты всегда сам с собой разговариваешь, когда волнуешься?

16) Не злись! Контролируй себя!

 

 

UNIT 6 RECIPROCAL PRONOUNS

 

 

1. Reciprocal pronouns are each other and one another. They express mutual action in which there is physical contact between people or relation. The subject to which they refer must be in the plural. Each other generally implies only two, and one another two or more than two persons: Tom looked at Ann and Ann looked at Tom. They looked at each other. There were three ladies sitting close to one another.

But it must be mentioned that this distinction is not always strictly observed:

We embraced each other. It was the first time they had touched one another.

 

2. Reciprocal pronouns have two case forms (the common case and the genitive case): They looked at the feet of each other / each other’s feet.

3. Reciprocal pronouns preceded by a preposition are used as a prepositional object: They parted from each other after only two weeks. We talk to one another as often as possible. Many countries compete with each other. Did you compete against each other in yesterday’s race? We agree with each other sometimes.

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