Worksheet 2: Advanced Reflexive Pronouns
Challenge yourself with exercises on using reflexive pronouns for emphasis and correcting common mistakes. Click below to print or save as a PDF.
Worksheet 2: Advanced Reflexive Pronouns
Name: _________________________ Date: _________________________
1. Reflexive or Intensive?
Read each sentence and decide if the underlined pronoun is used for reflection (the subject and object are the same) or for emphasis. Write "Reflexive" or "Intensive".
2. He hurt himself during the game. __________________
3. The students themselves decorated the classroom. __________________
4. We need to remind ourselves of the rules. __________________
2. Sentence Correction
Find the error in each sentence and rewrite the sentence correctly. The error is a misuse of a reflexive pronoun.
Original: My friend and myself are going to the concert.
Original: Please give the report to John or myself.
Original: The award was given to my sister and myself.
Original: Themselves painted the entire house.
3. Creative Writing
Write a short paragraph describing a time you accomplished something on your own. Use at least two different reflexive pronouns in your paragraph.