5765 case and reflexive pronouns

Reflexive Pronouns yourself The case of the pronoun shows how it is used in a sentence: subjective case – I, you, she, he, it, we, they objective case – me, you, her, him, it, us, them possessive case – my/mine, your/yours, her/hers, his, its, our/ours, their/theirs ‘The reflexive pronouns usually refer to the subject of a sentence They should not be used as the subject, INCORRECT – Ourselves went to the store CORRECT – We went to the store INCORRECT – Tito and myself went to the store CORRECT – Tito and I went to the store herself himself itself ourselves yourselves themselves myself Choose Choose the the pronoun pronoun in in (( )) that that best best completes completes each each sentence, sentence, and and write write it it on on the the line line Then Then write write whether whether it it is is in in the the subjective, subjective, objective, objective, or or possessive possessive case case Many Many Egyptian Egyptian pyramids pyramids have have the the same same shape, shape, but but (they, (they, them, them, their) their) sizes sizes vary greatly vary greatly To To bring bring the the heavy heavy stones stones from from the the quarry, quarry, workers workers carried carried (they, (they, them, them, themselves) themselves) in in wooden wooden boats boats along along the the Nile Nile Imhotep Imhotep designed designed Egypt’s Egypt’s first first pyramid; pyramid; (its, (its, it, it, itself) itself) is is known known as as the the Step Step Underline Pyramid _ Pyramid _ the reflexive pronoun in A A pyramid pyramid would would be be built built close close to to the the Pharaoh’s Pharaoh’s palace palace so so that that he he could could see see each (they, (they, it, it, them) them) sentence Circle the Was her) Was the the queen queen buried buried in in (she, (she, hers, hers, her) own own chamber? chamber? antecedent _ _ Man uel, try this proj ect for your self Sheli a ed hers elf a  Complete the story by circling the word in ( ) that glass of best completes each sentence wate r The two workers sat side by side, thinking to (themself, themselves, theirselves) Queen Ashkena had asked (them, they, themselves) to carve a statue for (she, her, Nanc hers) in time for tomorrow’s feast “Naator and( me, myself,y I) have been working on and isn’t ready What will this stone for two weeks,” thought Moshe, “and (they, us, it)still Mari the Queen say when (she, her, herself) finds out?” ssa cook “(We, Us, (Him, He, His) looked at (him, he, his) friend ed Ourselves) need a plan The other cravers are finished with an (their, there, they’re) work and have already Egyp begun to arrive for the feast Queen Ashkena will be very tian disappointed in (we, meal us, our) when the pharaoh tells (she, hers, her) that (we, us, by our) statue isn’t ready.” the msel Naator looked up The pharaoh was coming towards (he, them, they)! ves “Are (you, yours, yourselves) finished with the statue?” (him, he, his) asked “(Me, My, Mine) wife is eager to see (it, they, them).” “Of course!” Naator exclaimed “((It, Them They) will be at the palace tomorrow at dawn After the pharaoh left, Moshe looked at (him, he, his) friend “What (yours, your, you) have to say for (you, yourself, yourselves)? There isn’t enough time for two men to finish this statue before dawn!” “(You’re, Your, Youre) right,” said Naator “But look! The other cravers are coming over to help (ourselves, us, ours).”  Choose the best pronoun to complete each sentence Do you know how Do you know how move those move those gigantic stones? gigantic stones? Ramps are used to help Ramps are used to help bring the stones to bring the stones to _ destination _ destination I see a tour guide; I see a tour guide; let’s ask let’s ask how it is done how it is done What a clever idea; I What a clever idea; I wish it was wish it was _! _! Tell me about Tell me about _ _ idea idea  Write a sentence about each picture Use case or reflexive pronouns in each sentence Example Frogs are very agile creatures They can jump very hop very high _ _ _ _ _  An error with pronouns has been made in each sentence Rewrite each sentence replacing the error with the correct pronoun Tell me about yours ideas James bought popcorn for I _ Julia and me went to the shop Us are doing a report about China _ I helped she find a book Judy wrote down notes about they _ Themselves are very intelligent people Mark, did you travel to China by yourselves? _ _ Many Many Egyptian Egyptian pyramids pyramids have have the the same same shape, shape, but but (they, (they, them, them, their) their) sizes sizes vary vary greatly greatly possessive possessive To To bring bring the the heavy heavy stones stones from from the the quarry, quarry, workers workers carried carried (they, (they, them, them, themselves) themselves) objective objective Imhotep Imhotep designed designed Egypt’s Egypt’s first first pyramid; pyramid; (its, (its, it, it, itself) itself) is is known known as as the the Step Step Pyramid Pyramid subjective subjective A A pyramid pyramid would would be be built built close close to to the the Pharaoh’s Pharaoh’s palace palace so so that that he he could could see see (they, (they, it, it, them) them) objective objective Was the queen buried in (she, hers, her) own chamber? possessive Was the queen buried in (she, hers, her) own chamber? possessive The two workers sat side by side, thinking to (themself, themselves, theirselves) Queen Ashkena had asked (them, they, themselves) to carve a statue for (she, her, hers) in time for tomorrow’s feast “Naator and( me, myself, I) have been working on this stone for two weeks,” thought Moshe, “and (they, us, it)still isn’t ready What will the Queen say when (she, her, herself) finds out?” (Him, He, His) looked at (him, he, his) friend “(We, Us, Ourselves) need a plan The other cravers are finished with (their, there, they’re) work and have already begun to arrive for the feast Queen Ashkena will be very disappointed in (we, us, our) when the pharaoh tells (she, hers, her) that (we, us, our) statue isn’t ready.” Naator looked up The pharaoh was coming towards (he, them, they)! “Are (you, yours, yourselves) finished with the statue?” (him, he, his) asked “(Me, My, Mine) wife is eager to see (it, they, them).” “Of course!” Naator exclaimed “((It, Them They) will be at the palace tomorrow at dawn After the pharaoh left, Moshe looked at (him, he, his) friend “What (yours, your, you) have to say for (you, yourself, yourselves)? There isn’t enough time for two men to finish this statue before dawn!” “(You’re, Your, Youre) right,” said Naator “But look! The other cravers are coming over to help (ourselves, us, ours).” Do you know how they Do you know how they move those gigantic move those gigantic stones? stones? Ramps are used to help Ramps are used to help bring the stones to their bring the stones to their destination destination What a clever idea; I What a clever idea; I wish it was mines! wish it was mines! I see a tour guide; let’s I see a tour guide; let’s ask her how it is done ask her how it is done Tell me about Tell me about your idea your idea Tell me about your ideas James bought popcorn for me Julia and I went to the shop We are doing a report about China I helped her find a book Judy wrote down notes about them They are very intelligent people Mark, did you travel to China by yourself?