English Grade 5 Reflexive Pronouns

1. English VEnglish V

2. Assignment Check-up
Relative Pronouns
Worksheet

3. Review
What kind of pronouns did we
study yesterday?
What are relative pronouns?
Make your own sentences
using who, whose, which and
whose.

4. Motivation
Have you ever experienced hurting
yourself or seen others hurting
themselves? What did you do?
Did somebody help you? How did you
feel when somebody helped you? When
no one was around to help you?

5. Why Rener, what
happened to
Sergio?
Mrs. Changco,
Sergio hurt
himself.
He was working on
his project when he
cut his finger.
Did you see
the incident,
yourself? Yes, I did. I
saw it myself.
Please bring him
to the clinic and
tell him to be
careful next time.

6. Analysis and Discussion
1. What is the underlined word in Rener’s
statement in frame 1?

7. Analysis and Discussion
2. What are the underlined words?

8. Analysis and Discussion
3. himself, yourself and myself are pronouns.
They are called reflexive pronouns.
Today’s lessons is about reflexive
pronouns.
4. What kinds of words are himself, yourself
and myself?

9. Analysis and Discussion
5. Lets study the following sentences.
a. Cats clean themselves after each meal.
b. The lion did not hurt itself when it fell
from the branch of a tree.
c. Nicole helped herself stand up when she
slipped.
d. I bought myself a jacket.
e. You wash the dirty clothes yourself.

10. Analysis and Discussion
5. a. Cats clean themselves after each meal.
b. The lion did not hurt itself when it fell
from the branch of a tree.
c. Nicole helped herself stand up when she
slipped.
d. I bought myself a jacket.
e. You wash the dirty clothes yourself.
What is the reflexive pronoun in sentence 5 a?

11. Analysis and Discussion
themselves itself herself, myself, yourself
b. What two words are they made of?

12. Analysis and Discussion
themselves itself herself, myself, yourself
b. What two words are they made of?
personal pronouns them, it, her, my, your
and the word self

13. Analysis and Discussion
5. a. Cats clean themselves after each meal.
b. The lion did not hurt itself when it fell
from the branch of a tree.
c. Nicole helped herself stand up when she
slipped.
d. I bought myself a jacket.
e. You wash the dirty clothes yourself.
What words do the relative pronouns refer to?

14. Analysis and Discussion
Cats – themselves
lion – itself
Nicole – herself
I – myself
You - yourself
These are called the antecedent.
Antecedent is a word, phrase, clause, or
sentence to which another word (especially a
following relative pronoun) refers.

15. Analysis and Discussion
c. What part of the sentence is the antecedent
of the said relative pronouns?

16. Analysis and Discussion
c. What part of the sentence is the antecedent
of the said relative pronouns?
Subject

17. Analysis and Discussion
e. What word is added to personal pronouns
to change them to reflexive pronouns?

18. Analysis and Discussion
e. What word is added to personal pronouns
to change them to reflexive pronouns?
self

19. Analysis and Discussion
e. What part of the sentence is a reflexive
pronoun?

20. Analysis and Discussion
e. What part of the sentence is a reflexive
pronoun?
direct object
(or receiver of the action)

21. Analysis and Discussion
Reflexive
pronoun
The words that
make it up
Antecedent – to
whom it refers to
Part of the
sentence
themselves
itself
herself
myself
yourself
them+selves
it+self
her+self
my+self
your+self
cats
lion
Nicole
I
You
subject
subject
subject
subject
subject

22. Practice Exercise
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate
reflexive pronoun. Write only your answer.
1. Today, Filipino women know __________
very well.
2. They try to achieve something for _______.
3. An unskilled woman tries to educate
__________ through non-formal trainings.
4. In the past, men considered __________ as
the breadwinner of the family.
5. Now, the mother sees __________ as a
contributing member of the family.

23. Practice Exercise - Key
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate
reflexive pronoun. Write only your answer.
1. Today, Filipino women know themselves
very well.
2.Theytry to achieve something for themselves.
3. An unskilled woman tries to educate
herself through non-formal trainings.
4. In the past, men considered himself as
the breadwinner of the family.
5. Now, the mother sees herself as a
contributing member of the family.

24. Remember
1. What is a reflexive pronoun?
2. On what part of the sentence is a
reflexive pronoun used?
3. To what part of the sentence does a
reflexive pronoun point to?

25. Remember
A reflexive pronoun is a pronoun made up
of a personal pronoun and the word self or
selves. It refers to the same person or
thing in the sentence.
Reflexive pronouns are used as direct
object.
The reflexive pronoun points to the
subject of the sentence.

26. Oral Practice
These sentences have grammatical errors.
Use a reflexive pronoun in place of the
underlined word.
1. I hurt me.
2. He hurt him.
3. John hurt John.
4. The girl trusted the girl.

27. Oral Practice
5. We enjoyed us.
6. They help them.
7. You forget you.
8. Sam sang a song to Sam.
9. We gave a party for us.
10. Mary cried Mary to sleep.

28. Oral Practice-Key
1. I hurt myself.
2. He hurt himself.
3. John hurt himself.
4. The girl trusted herself.
5. We enjoyed ourselves.
6. They help themselves.
7. You forget yourself.
8. Sam sang a song to himself.
9. We gave a party for us.
10. Mary cried herself to sleep.

29. Written Practice
Read the selection carefully. Fill in the
blanks with the correct reflexive pronouns.
A boy was so miserable because he wanted so much to buy
_______ a new pair of shoes for his birthday. He pitied _______ so
much specially when he compared _______ to his classmates who
could buy everything they wanted.
One day as he was taking a walk, he met an old lady beggar
propelling _______ by means of a wooden platform with rollers. He
saw another boy with only one foot limping by _______ using
crutches.
Seeing them moving around by ________ made him realize
that he is luckier.
This shows us that we must be thankful ________ for
whatever little graces we have. Adapted from “The Boy Who Had No Shoes”.

30. Written Practice-Key
A boy was so miserable because he wanted so much
to buy himself a new pair of shoes for his birthday. He
pitied himself so much specially when he compared himself
to his classmates who could buy everything they wanted.
One day as he was taking a walk, he met an old lady
beggar propelling herself by means of a wooden platform
with rollers. He saw another boy with only one foot limping
by himself using crutches.
Seeing them moving around by themselves made
him realize that he is luckier.
This shows us that we must be thankful ourselves for
whatever little graces we have. Adapted from “The Boy Who Had No Shoes”.

31. Evaluation
Read the sentences carefully. Fill in the blanks
with an appropriate reflexive pronoun.
1.I tell you she is telling the truth for I saw
what happened __________.
2.They found __________ laughing heartily
over the situation.
3.The stranger shot __________ to death to
avoid arrest.
4.We saw him __________ do it.
5.Helen saw ________ enjoying the surprise.

32. Evaluation-Key
Read the sentences carefully. Fill in the blanks
with an appropriate reflexive pronoun.
1.I tell you she is telling the truth for I saw
what happened myself.
2.They found themselves laughing heartily
over the situation.
3.The stranger shot himself to death to avoid
arrest.
4.We saw him ourselves do it.
5.Helen saw herself enjoying the surprise.

33. Assignment
Answer the
worksheet on
Reflexive
Pronouns