Reflexive and Reciprocal Pronouns

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns

Wederkerende en wederkerige voornaamwoorden

Goals of this lesson

-Understand the difference between reflexive (wederkerende) and reciprocal (wederkerige) pronouns 

- Use reflexive and reciprocal pronouns correctly.

Reflexive pronouns

Het wederkerend voornaamwoord verwijst 

naar de persoon die het onderwerp is.

I'm teaching myself Italian.

I	myself
you	yourself
he	himself
she	herself
it	itself
you	yourselves
we	ourselves
they	themselves

Reciprocal pronouns

Wederkerige vnw. verwijzen naar meer personen die dezelfde activiteit uitvoeren.

elkaar: each other / one another

They hate each other!

They stay in each other's house.

They talk to one another.

Reflexive pronouns

myself

yourself

himself

herself

itself

ourselves

yourselves

themselves

Reciprocal pronouns

each other

one another

Voorbeelden

Reflexive pronouns:

Jack decided to reward himself.

I pour a cup of tea for myself every morning.

Reciprocal pronouns:

They talk to one another.

We didn't look at each other.

Uitzonderingen

Reflexive pronouns gebruik je niet na werkwoorden als wash, dress en shave, tenzij je nadruk wilt leggen op wie het doet. 

(Deze werkwoorden gaan over acties die mensen meestal voor zichzelf doen)

Reciprocal pronouns gebruik je niet na werkwoorden als hug, marry en kiss.

(Deze werkwoorden geven al aan dat de handeling van beide kanten komt. 

In teh sentence: 'He was feeling sorry for himself', himself is a

1. reciprocal pronoun
2. reflexive pronoun

My dog hurt ______.

1. myself
2. itself
3. each other
4. ...

I always shave ______ on monday.

1. myself
2. himself
3. ...
4. each other

We blame ______ for failing the test.

1. ourselves
2. myself
3. himself
4. each other

My baby boy cannot look after ______ .

1. himself
2. each other
3. one another
4. herself

Michelle saw ______ in the mirror.

1. eachother
2. ...
3. myself
4. herself

They give ______ gifts during the holidays.

1. ourselves
2. one another
3. themselves
4. myselves

Fill in the correct pronoun: Maria and Sam gave ______ gold rings on their wedding.

Write a sentence of your own containing a 'reflexive' or 'reciprocal' pronoun

Time to practice!

• do ex 27 d, 28, 29 a page 73-74. (10 min)

Wat vind je nog moelijk?

Ex. 27 - 31, p. 72-75

Start working on the exercises in your workbook.

For extra help:

You can watch the “methodesite” video

‘slim stampen’

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