Active Grammar 2 - Nigel Turton 2007

Unit 4 Pronouns

● Personal pronouns

● Reflexive pronouns

● Personal pronouns

(I, me, she, her, they, them)

Do you know the story about the gingerbread man?

Let's look again at what the gingerbread man says.

You can't catch me!

I'm the gingerbread man!

You use I and me to talk about yourself.

When do you use I and when do you use me?

Did you know?

I and me are called personal pronouns.

You usually use I at or near the beginning of a sentence.

I am the gingerbread man!

I am the invisible man!

In other parts of a sentence, you usually use me.

You can't catch me!

You can't see me!

You use other pairs of words in the same way.

she and her

he and him

they and them

we and us

PRACTICE

Fill in each blank with the correct pronoun.

● Reflexive pronouns

(myself, herself, themselves)

What does this note say?

Dear Sally,

Simon has hurt himself and I am taking him to the hospital. I am taking Lily with me too. Lily is too young to look after herself.

I think Simon has a broken arm. He was climbing on a chair to look at himself in the mirror but he fell off.

If you are hungry, you can make yourself a sandwich. When Daddy gets home from work, he can make himself a sandwich too. And both of you can help yourselves to some fruit. If Simon and I are hungry, we will get ourselves something to eat on the way home.

I have got to go now.

Love,

Mummy

P.S. Please ask baddy to put all the dirty clothes in the washing machine. I haven't had time to do it myself.

Read the note again and find all the words ending with -self or -selves. Here are the first two.

Simon has hurt himself.

Lily is too young to look after herself.

Words like himself and herself are another type of pronoun. They are called reflexive pronouns.

Grammar Help

Уоu use a reflexive pronoun to show that you are talking about the same person.

Simon and himself are the same person.

Lily and herself are the same person.