Grade 5 - Reflexive Pronouns

We use these words when the subject (the person at the beginning of a sentence) and the object of the action (the person/thing doing something) is the same.

Example, I did my homework myself.

use "myself" (it's like saying "me")

Example, I should take better care of myself.

Use "yourself" (it's like saying "you")

Example, "You should do it yourself."

Use "himself" (it's like saying "him"

Example, "He needs to do the writing himself."

Use "herself" (it's like saying "her")

Example, "She hurt herself".

Use "ourselves" (it's like saying "us")

Example, "We take good care of ourselves".

Use "themselves" (it's like saying "them")

Example, "They should take better care of themselves".