Spot the reflexive pronoun in the sentence.
Take a look at yourself in the mirror.
In
Look
Yourself
Take
Consider yourself lucky to have escaped the consequences of your actions.
“These books don’t have legs to come here by themselves,” said my mother after looking at the books strewn across the floor.
1. He made them himself at odd moments.
2. He raised himself.
3. He had let himself be fooled by a bait and had been caught.
4. … a day may come when you yourself may want to get a big piece of pork.
Notice the way in which these reflexive pronouns have been used (pronoun + self)
In 1 and 4 the reflexive pronouns “himself” and “yourself” are used to convey emphasis.
In 2 and 3 the reflexive pronoun is used in place of personal pronoun to signal that it refers to the same subject in the sentence.
Pick out other examples of the use of reflexive pronouns from the story and notice how they are used.
Spot the reflexive /emphatic pronoun in the sentence.
The meeting itself was not well timed.
Spot the reflexive/emphatic pronoun in the sentence.
Jiya cut her hair herself in some odd fashion.