Reflexive pronouns

Question 1

I found myself addressing a tall elegant man in his mid-forties.

Answer 1

Me encontré frente a un hombre alto y elegante en su mediados de los años cuarenta.

Question 2

I myself prefer to skip lunch.

Answer 2

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Question 3

They very kindly invited my sister and myself to the party.

Answer 3

Myself is sometimes used instead of I or me

Question 4

I live by myself in a small apartment in Brooklyn.

Answer 4

(= alone)

Question 5

I had to do the whole job by myself

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Question 6

I just need some time to myself

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Question 7

Be careful with that knife or you’ll cut yourself.

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Question 8

Did you girls actually raise this money yourselves?

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Question 9

You’re old enough to take the bus by yourself, aren’t you, Joyce?

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Question 10

Now that Neil and Sam are away, you’ve got the whole house to yourself.

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Question 11

He bought himself a new coat.

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Question 12

I got to meet the president himself.

Answer 12

Himself is sometimes used to emphasize a male subject or object of a sentence

Question 13

I hope nobody’s hurt himself.

Answer 13

Himself is also used to refer to a person whose sex is not known

Question 14

Jamie made that snowman all by himself.

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Question 15

Hugh hasn’t been himself since the accident.

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Question 16

He’s got the house to himself tonight.

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Question 17

She kept telling herself that nothing was wrong.

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Question 18

She herself was to blame.

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Herself is sometimes used to emphasize a female subject or object of a sentence

Question 19

Holly wrote her name all by herself.

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Question 20

Janeen hasn’t been herself recently.

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Question 21

She’s got the house all to herself while her husband is away.

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Question 22

The cat licked itself all over.

Answer 22

the thing or animal being spoken about

Question 23

The company itself is 15 years old, but the mail order business is new.

Answer 23

Itself can also used for emphasis

Question 24

That in itself was quite an achievement.

Answer 24

(= without considering anything else)

Question 25

We promised ourselves a long vacation this year.

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Question 26

It’s a big garden, but we do the gardening by ourselves

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Question 27

Everyone else is busy, so we’ll have to go all by ourselves

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Question 28

We had the swimming pool all to ourselves

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Question 29

The girls made themselves sandwiches for lunch.

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Question 30

The police themselves apologized for overreacting.

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Question 31

The children set up the tent all by themselves.

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Question 32

They were left by themselves.

Answer 32

Ellos fueron dejados solos.

Question 33

When their youngest child went off to college, they had the whole house to themselves.

Answer 33

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