Wederkerend voornaamwoord en wederkerig voornaamwoord

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo b, k, g
• Leerjaar 2

Reflexive pronoun

Wederkerend voornaamwoord

Reflexive pronoun

• I - myself:                         I hurt myself.
• You - yourself:               You ate all the food yourself.
• He - himself:                  He is talking to himself.
• She - herself:                 Emma did it by herself.
• It - itself:                          The lion can defend itself.

Reflexive pronoun

• We - ourselves:          We tested ourselves.
• You - yourselves:      Tim and Gerry, if you want milk,                                                                 help yourselves.
• They - themselves:  The band call themselves 'Dire Straits'.

Robert made this shirt ...

1. himself
2. -
3. herself
4. themselves

Lisa did the homework ...

1. itself
2. herself
3. -
4. themselves

We helped ... to some cola at the party

1. themselves
2. ourselves
3. myself
4. yourselves

Emma, did you take the photo by ...

1. yourself
2. herself
3. myself
4. themselves

I shave ... every sunday

1. myself
2. -
3. yourself
4. themselves

Dave and Mike, can you do that ....?

1. yourself
2. himself
3. yourselves
4. -

Some people learn to play the guitar ....

1. themself
2. yourself
3. -
4. themselves

Reciprocal pronoun

Wederkerig voornaamwoord

Reciprocal pronoun

Maria and Juan gave each other gold rings on their wedding day.

They married ....... last summer.

Maria and Juan kissed .......  at the end of the ceremony.

Terry and Jack were talking to each other in the hallway.

Terry and Jack hugged ........ when they said goodbye

The students congratulated one another after giving practice speeches..

Reciprocal pronoun

We use the reciprocal pronouns each other and one another when two or more people do the same thing. 

Traditionally, each other refers to two people and one another refers to more than two people, but this distinction is disappearing in modern English.