Do you remember how we can talk about things we
were able to do when we were small?

I could comb my hair
when I was two.

Did you need help?
No!

by myself

Do you remember how we can talk about things we
were able to do when we were small?

by myself

by myself = without help

I could comb my hair by
myself when I was two.

To state whether we could do something on our own
without help, we can use reflexive pronouns.

I could tie up my hair by myself when I
was three.

I couldn’t pack my school bag
by myself when I was three.

= I didn’t need help.

= I needed help.

by myself

He could climb the stairs by

himself when he was two.

by himself

She couldn’t tie her shoelaces by

herself when she was two.

by herself

You could get dressed by
yourself when you were
three.

Grandma is talking to only
one person.

by yourself

You could eat by yourselves
when you were three.

Dad is talking to more
than one person.

by yourselves

We could brush our teeth by
ourselves when we were three.

by ourselves

They could go to school by
themselves when they were
five.

by themselves

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could get dressed by

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He

She

You

We

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myself.

himself.

herself.

yourself /yourselves.

ourselves.

themselves.