4.5 Reflexive pronouns ('myself')
4.5C Reflexive pronouns used after prepositions and for emphasis
[> LEG 4.29-30]We can use reflexive pronouns:- after a preposition: Look after yourself! Take care of yourself!
- in fixed expressions: strictly between ourselves, just among ourselves, in itself.
We use object pronouns when we refer to:- place: Have you got any money on you? (Not Have you got any money on yourself?)
- after with (= accompanied by): I brought the children with me. (Not with myself)
3 We use by + reflexive to mean 'without help' or 'alone':
She made the dress by herself. (= without help) She lives by herself. : alone)We sometimes use reflexive pronouns after nouns and pronouns for emphasis to mean 'that
person/thing and only that person/thing':
The film itself is very good. You yourself saw it.
The reflexive pronoun can also go at the end of a sentence or clause:
You saw what happened yourself. Or: You yourself saw what happened.Write 1 : Use reflexive pronouns or object pronouns in the following.
1 Hargreaves knows how to take care of ЬШШ^ Ъ She's very certain of
2 Have you got any money on? 6 There's a big truck in front of....
3 Come and sit beside 7 Granddad doesn't like living by.
4 Strictly between .she's wrong. 8 Jimmy tied his shoelaces all by.Write 2: Rewrite these sentences using reflexive pronouns for emphasis.
1 I didn't know about it till yesterday.
2 The building is all right, I think
3 You can't do that!
4 I can't fetch it - you fetch it
5 Don't expect me to do it. Do it!4.5D Context
Write: Put in reflexive pronouns (ourselves, etc.) or object pronouns {us, etc.KEEP SMILING!
Psychiatrists have proved that happiness is the secret of good health.
Mood really can affect the body^1 This means we all
have to look after^2 We have to enjoy(^3) and take pride in (^4) and we'll rarely
have to visit the doctor. Praise helps^5 to learn and is
good for us, too. We all know how pleased young children feel when they
learn to dress^6 and do things by^7 We
should praise^8 for their achievements. Bosses rarely
have a good word for^9 Yet if we want to be happy and
healthy, we need people around^10 who keep telling
(^11) how marvellous we are. Then we 12
will believe that we are marvellous, too!
You're marvellous!