Correct the mistakes (write the complete sentence). (9 pts)
1. She cooked the dinner himself. __________________________________________________________________________ 2. We are going to pay for the vacations ourself. ___________________________________________________________________________ 3. The players did a very good job. They should be proud of yourselves. ___________________________________________________________________________ 4. My sister painted her room itself. ____________________________________________________________________________ 5. The song herself was very good. _____________________________________________________________________________ 6. Fred only cares about yourself. ______________________________________________________________________________ 7. My parents paid the bill yourself. ______________________________________________________________________________ 8. You must believe in itself to get good results. ______________________________________________________________________________ 9. I repaired the car yourself.
Respuesta:
1. She cooked the dinner herself.
2. We are going to pay the vacations ourselves.
3. The players did a very good job. They should be proud of themselves.
4. My sister painted her room by herself.
5. The song by itself was very good.
6. Fred only cares about himself.
7. My parents paid the bill themselves.
8. You must believe in yourself to get good results.
9. I repaired the car by myself.
Explicación:
SINGULAR
MYSELF
YOURSELF
HIMSELF, HERSELF AND ITSELF
PLURAL
OURSELVES
YOURSELVES
THEMSELVES
We use reflexive pronouns when:
The “Subject“ and the “Object“ are the same person; when the action returns to the doer.
We want to emphasize that the doer did the action without anybody’s help.
We want to say that the doer did something without company (With the preposition “By”).