Note: Check out the following differences in meanings.

Myself= ("No one did it for me; I actually did it.")

I did it myself – Lo hice yo mismo

By Myself =( I did all of it alone; no one helped me. )

I did it by myself." - Lo hice yo solo

C) Complete the sentences using: Myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves,
yourselves, themselves.

• Mary’s children are too young to look after _________________________________.

• An elephant hurt ___________ when it tried to get out of the zoo yesterday.

• I couldn’t borrow my mother’s car last night because she was using it ____________.

• I don’t need any help. I can take care of ___________________________________.

• Mr. Smith fell over and hurt _________ when he was running for a bus.

• Would you all like to help _____________ to sandwiches and cakes?

• Mary and I didn’t really enjoy _________ at the disco last night.

• I taught ___________ to play the guitar, I’ve never had lesson

D) Complete each sentence using BY + A REFLEXIVE PRONOUN:

• A: Who did you go to the disco with?

B: Nobody, I went _________________.

• Did someone help you move all the furniture or did you do it all ___________.

• They need some help, they can’t manage ______________.

 • The dog opened the door __________________.

E) Complete the answers to the questions using reflexive pronouns:

• Who repaired the bicycle for you? – Nobody, I repaired it _______________.

• Did mark have his hair cut by a hairdresser? _ No he cut it_______________.

• Do you want me to clean the bedroom for you?- No, I’ll do it _______________.

• Who told you that Susan was getting married? – Susan ________________.

F) Underline the reflexive pronoun.

We all have a mental picture of who we are, how we look at ourselves, what we're
good at, and what our weaknesses might be. We develop this picture over time,
starting when we're very young kids. The term self-image is used to refer to a person's
mental picture of himself or herself. A lot of our self-image is based on interactions we
have with other people and our life experiences. This mental picture of ourselves
contributes to our self-esteem.

G) Finish the story:

Before we left, we bought _______________ some warm sleeping bags because it can
get cold there even in summer. We took two tents. Aki and Linda shared one, while I
had the other one all to _________________

As a group we got along fine. We felt comfortable with ___________________, and

there was little tension.

Aki and Linda took along some insecticide to protect ___________________ against
mosquitoes. There were very few bugs, however. Of course we forgot the most
important thing and the first day out, we found ___________________ in the middle of
the forest with no matches. Linda considers ________________ very creative and she
tried to start a fire using sticks. Of course it didn't work. I suppose that you, the reader,
think of ___________________ as a very organized person and have come to the
conclusion that we're not too bright. I suppose you and your friends never make
 mistakes like that. You know how to look after ___________________ when you go
camping. But I'm not so sure. We're all human, after all. I'll continue with my story.
Standing there, in the middle of the forest without matches, we felt really stupid. But
when we looked at ___________________ we burst out laughing. We thought it was
so funny. On the second day we met another group of campers and they gave us some
matches. After that we were able to prepare some delicious meals for
___________________. Linda took advantage of the situation to learn how to cook.
She watched Aki and me as we prepared the food. We enjoyed
___________________ immensely and we really enjoyed ___________________'s
company. The camping trip was good for our friendship. Now we have a lot more
respect for ___________________.

H) Directions: Connect the words with horizontal and vertical lines to form
sentences.

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