Reflexive
Pronouns
Os pronomes reflexivos são usados quando a pessoa é ao
mesmo tempo o sujeito e objeto de um verbo.
São eles
I
You
He
She
It
We
You
They
Myself
Yourself
Himself
Herself
Itself
Ourselves
Yourselves
Themselves
São usados antes do verbo
I myself gave the order.
The cell itself was too small.
My friends themselves bought the farm.
He himself solved those problems .
She herself made a cake for her birthday.
Para enfatizar o sujeito.
São usados no final de uma oração
She had sent the document herself .
I will take him to London myself .
My cousins bought the tractor themselves .
Her uncle solved those problems himself .
Mary made a cake for her birthday herself .
Para enfatizar o sujeito.
São usados após o verbo
The butcher cut himself with that knife .
The actress killed herself last week .
They hurt themselves with the broken glass .
We are serving ourselves with that spoon .
O sujeito faz e recebe a ação.
São usados após a preposição "by" significando "alone“ (sozinho)
He killed those people by himself .
I did everything by myself .
She is studying by herself for the test .
You confessed you had committed the murder by yourself.
Para expressar que o sujeito realizou a ação sozinho.
São usados após uma preposição.
Those girls are looking at themselves in the mirror .
The old man was talking to himself .
He's just interested in himself .
She is dancing with herself .
Neste caso o pronome reflexivo funciona como objeto
da preposição e se refere ao sujeito da oração.
São usados com sentenças imperativas .
My friends ! Suit yourselves !
Please Paul! Make yourself understood!
John! Help yourself !
Peter! Prepare yourself for the test !
Expressa pedidos ou ordens nas segundas pessoas
do singular e do plural.
Answer the questions with the reflexive pronouns:
a)Are you studying Portuguese with that man?
No, I‘m studying by______________.
myself
b)Is he interested in those matters?
himself
No, he' s just interested in__________.
c)Did she have any help to fix the car?
No, she fixed the car by____________.
herself
d)What are you doing?
ourselves
We are serving _______________.
e)Do they always wash the dishes?
No, sometimes their sisters ____________
wash them.
themselves
f)What is happening there?
himself
That old man is trying to kill____________.
g)Why are those people bleeding?
They hurt_____________
themselves with a knife.
h)Should your father help you with those documents?
No, it isn't necessary. I_________organize
myself
them.
i)Did your brother help you?
myself
No, I did everything by___________.
j)What are those girls doing?
They are looking at_____________in
the mirror.
themselves
Teste 1
(Faculdades Integradas Curitiba) - Assinale a alternativa
correta para a sentença:
“The girl hurt__________when she fell”.
a)itself
b)themselves
c)herself
d)himself
e)ourself
x
Teste 2
He likes to work by_________.
A lacuna é preenchida por:
a)itself
b)herself
c)himself
d)itselves
e)ourselves
x
Teste 3
(U.E. Maringá) – A alternativa que melhor
completa a sentença abaixo é:
A cow fell into a drain and hurt____________.
a)themselves
b)himself
c)myself
d)herself
e)itself
x
Teste 4
(UESC -SC) – Choose the reflexive pronoun
that completes the blank below.
I can’t wash_________if I don’t have
any water.
a)himself
b)myselves
c)herself
d)myself
e)n.d.a.
x
Teste 5
(ITA) – The alternative that completes the
sentence below is:
She_______made a cake for________birthday.
a)herself – hers
b)herself - her
c)himself - her
d)himself - his
e)n.d.a.
x