Grammatical Tense and Verb
COMPOUND PERSONAL PRONOUNS:
NOTES:
1. Reflexive pronouns act as the object of the verb, but they reflect the action back to the subject. These pronouns will always be the same person or thing as the subject.
Ex. She blamed herself for the mishap.
He hurt himself yesterday.
2. Intensive pronouns simply add force or emphasis to a noun or pronoun that is already in the sentence.
Ex. You yourself wrote those words.
I prepared the meal myself.
EXERCISES:
Tell whether the underlined words are reflexive or intensive pronouns.
1. You dressed yourself today, didn't you?
2. He threw himself onto the floor.
3. You yourself must deliver the package.
4. He tried to paint the house himself.
5. Jack and Jill themselves were unable to fetch a pail of water.
6. Sally prettied herself up for the dance.
7. The dirty stray dog constantly scratched itself.
8. Ms. Adel suggest we do the painting ourselves.
9. Nancy, Carrie, Sue and I made the dinner ourselves.
10. Bret let himself down by the rope.
11. The fire burned itself out.
12. I will finish washing the car by myself.
13. We will solve our problems ourselves.
14. Cut yourself a slice of watermelon.
15. We don't weigh ourselves very often.
16. I built and stained these bookcases by myself.
17. Will you two be able to finish the job yourselves?
18. Bridget organized the presentation by herself.
19. Jamie, don't rush yourself.
20. We set up the equipment ourselves.
21. The door just locked itself.
22. Diane must not have enjoyed herself at the rally last week.
23. Read the article yourselves; I think you'll both enjoy it very much.
24. We just bought ourselves a new DVD player.
25. He wasn't sure of himself on the high ladder.
Interrogative Pronouns
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the interrogative pronoun.
1. ——————- wants to come with me?
a) Who
b) Whom
c) What
d) Which
2. ——————– do you want to meet?
a) Which
NOTES:
1. Reflexive pronouns act as the object of the verb, but they reflect the action back to the subject. These pronouns will always be the same person or thing as the subject.
Ex. She blamed herself for the mishap.
He hurt himself yesterday.
2. Intensive pronouns simply add force or emphasis to a noun or pronoun that is already in the sentence.
Ex. You yourself wrote those words.
I prepared the meal myself.
EXERCISES:
Tell whether the underlined words are reflexive or intensive pronouns.
1. You dressed yourself today, didn't you?
2. He threw himself onto the floor.
3. You yourself must deliver the package.
4. He tried to paint the house himself.
5. Jack and Jill themselves were unable to fetch a pail of water.
6. Sally prettied herself up for the dance.
7. The dirty stray dog constantly scratched itself.
8. Ms. Adel suggest we do the painting ourselves.
9. Nancy, Carrie, Sue and I made the dinner ourselves.
10. Bret let himself down by the rope.
11. The fire burned itself out.
12. I will finish washing the car by myself.
13. We will solve our problems ourselves.
14. Cut yourself a slice of watermelon.
15. We don't weigh ourselves very often.
16. I built and stained these bookcases by myself.
17. Will you two be able to finish the job yourselves?
18. Bridget organized the presentation by herself.
19. Jamie, don't rush yourself.
20. We set up the equipment ourselves.
21. The door just locked itself.
22. Diane must not have enjoyed herself at the rally last week.
23. Read the article yourselves; I think you'll both enjoy it very much.
24. We just bought ourselves a new DVD player.
25. He wasn't sure of himself on the high ladder.
Interrogative Pronouns
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the interrogative pronoun.
1. ——————- wants to come with me?
a) Who
b) Whom
c) What
d) Which
2. ——————– do you want to meet?
a) Which