1. What are reflexive and intensive pronouns?

2. A reflexive pronoun is a pronoun that refers to the subject and is necessary to the basic meaning of the sentence.
myself
yourself
herself
himself
itself
yourselves
ourselves
themselves

3. Students who cheat on the quiz are only hurting themselves.
Explanation
Themselves is a reflexive pronoun. The person to whom that pronoun “reflects” is students.

4. “Please hand that book to myself.”
Rule to remember… Whenever there is a reflexive pronoun in the sentence there must be a person to whom that pronoun can “reflect.”
In other words…
“Please hand that book to myself.”
is incorrect because there is no I or me in that sentence for myself to reflect to.

5. Never use hisself or theirselves! Wrong: The boy made hisself breakfast. Use himself or themselves! Right: The boy made himself breakfast.

6. Correct or Incorrect? We helped ourselves to the cake.
Bob and myself are responsible for you.
They made dinner for theirselves.
These decisions will be made by myself.
I gave that book to myself for Christmas.

7. Answers Correct…ourselves reflects we
Incorrect…the self part of myself is not necessary…just use Bob and me
Incorrect…theirselves is not a word…use themselves
Incorrect…the self part of myself is not necessary… just use me.
Correct…myself reflects I

8. Reflexive – The boy made himself breakfast.
Remember, the reflexive pronoun is necessary to understand the meaning of a sentence. If the same pronouns are used, but not needed, they are called intensive pronouns.
Examples:
Reflexive – The boy made himself breakfast.
Intensive – The boy made breakfast himself.

9. Test your knowledge….. Identify each pronoun as intensive or reflective.
Dan himself did not know where he put his pencil.
Did Abby give her pap a hug?
Chelsea and Rachael did the work themselves.
The dog made itself dizzy.
5. I read the book myself.

10. Answers
Intensive – himself is not necessary to the basic meaning of the sentence
Reflexive – her reflects Abby
Intensive – themselves is not necessary to the basic meaning of the sentence
Reflexive – itself reflects dog
5. Intensive – myself is not necessary to the basic meaning of the sentence

11. Using Objective Personal Pronouns Correctly

12. Personal pronouns OBJECT PRONOUNS me you her, him, it us them
First Person
Second Person
Third Person
Singular me
you
her, him, it
Plural us
them

13. Using objective Pronouns
Objective personal pronouns should always be used after
1. an ACTION verb
Tyler hit it out of the park. AV
preposition
2. a PREPOSITION
Larry gave the ball to him.

14. Common prepositions by for from like near of about after before behind
beside
between to
with
without
Suzy gave the paper to her.
Linda sat between him and her.
The story was written by them.

15. Guided Practice
Read each sentence. Underline all verbs twice. Label them AV or LV. Place a box around prepositions. Circle the correct pronoun. LV
1. Between (you and me, you and I), this is easy stuff! AV
2. After class, Gabby gave (she, her) a note. AV
3. The book delighted (us, we) readers. AV
4. The teacher assigned (they, them) homework for Thursday.

16. Subjective & Objective Practice
Read each sentence. Underline all verbs twice. Label them AV or LV. Place a box around prepositions. Circle the correct pronoun. Label it Sub or Obj on the line. AV
Sub
___1. (He, him) and Dana wrote the report. AV
obj
___2. Larry told John and (me, I) about the assignment. LV
sub
___3. The write of the report was (she, her). AV
obj
___4. The report was challenging for (they, them).