Pronouns

Question 1

When are reflexive pronouns used?

Answer 1

• are used to talk about actions when the subject and object of a sentence are the same person or people
• often used to emphasize that it has been done by that person and nobody else
• after an imperative (addressing the reader directly) Imagine yourself…

Question 2

Which verbs are often used with reflexive pronouns?

Answer 2

• be hard on, be proud of, believe in
• blame, enjoy, feel good about, help
• hurt, look at, push remind
• see, take care of, tell

Question 3

Give the object and reflexive pronoun of each subject pronoun:
I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they

Answer 3

I, me, myself
You,you, yourself
He, him, himself
She, her, herself
It, it, itself
We, us, ourselves
You, you, yourselves
They, them, themselves

Question 4

When do you use rather object pronoun than reflexive pronoun?

Answer 4

-after preposition when the meaning is clear without a reflexive pronoun

Question 5

How can you work with reflexive pronouns to change the amount of emphasis?

Answer 5

• reflexive pronouns directly after noun->greater emphasis

- at the end of the clause->for less emphasis

Question 6

How do you show that someone has done it alone?

Answer 6

-by+ a reflexive pronoun to mean “alone“ or without help

Question 7

When do you use another rather than the other?

Answer 7

-to describe an additional member ->“one more“

Question 8

When do you use the other?

Answer 8

-to describe the remaining member of a pair

Question 9

Which pronouns do you use for third-person singular verb forms?

Answer 9

-the other, another

Question 10

When do you use the others? +you should be careful of?

Answer 10

• for two or more remaining members of a specific group

- >plural verb forms with the others

Question 11

When do you use others without the?

Answer 11

• additional members of a group
• to contrast these members with previous ones
• > plural verb forms

Question 12

When do you use each other and one another?

Answer 12

• are reciprocal pronouns

- when two or more people or groups do the same thing

Question 13

When are indefinite pronouns used?

Answer 13

-when the noun is unknown or not important

Question 14

When do you use somebody, someone, something, and somewhere?

Answer 14

• to refer an unnamed person, place, or thing

- in questions to offer things or ask for things

Question 15

When do you use anybody, anyone, anything, and anywhere?

Answer 15

• to refer to an unnamed person, place, or thing

- to ask questions and in negative sentences