Reflexive or reciprocal? She cut herself chopping the onions
reflexive: she did it to herself
Reflexive or reciprocal? He should be really proud of himself.
reflexive: he is the person who does and recives the action
Is this sentence correct? Why? They put their luggage behind themselves.
WRONG: we never use reflexive pronouns after prepositions of place, so 'them'
Is this sentence correct? Why? He took his son with him,.
CORRECT: we never use reflexive pronouns after prepositions of place
Is this correct? Why? I will talk to Anna myself.
CORRECT: here, myself is used to emphasize
Complete this sentence: I think you should do it ___________, instead of having it done.
YOURSELF: we are emphasizing here
Complete this sentence: Paul __________ designed the everything.
HIMSELF: we are emphasizing here
Correct this sentence: I was on me, all the morning.
I was on my own / by myself, all morning.
Correct this sentence: She did it by her.
She did it by herself / on her own.
Complete the sentence: My son doesn’t like to be ____________, he always wants us around.
by himself / on his own
Complete the sentence: She raised her four children __________.
by herself
Complete the sentence: Please, hurry ______ or we’ll be late.
Nothing to complete, these verbs do not have a reflexive pronoun
Complete the sentence: The first thing I do is wash, shave, and dress _________.
Nothing to complete, these verbs do not have a reflexive pronoun
What is the difference? 1. They found themselves during the journey. / 2. They found each other during the journey.
1. Pepe found Pepe and Tina found Tina / 2. Pepe found Tina and Tina found Pepe
What does this sentence mean? You should try to understand one another.
A understands B and B understands " (reciprocal pronoun)
Why do you have an 's? The lovers were found in each other’s arms.
It is the possessive form of the reciprocal pronouns: each other's and one another's
