Question

Reflexive and Emphatic Pronouns
|Q.8 State whether the given pronouns are Reflexive or Emphatic Pronouns.
I. I went to Kashmir last year. I enjoyed myself.
II. They themselves admitted their mistake.
III. You yourself told me this.
IV. She wants all the good things for herself.​

Answer 1

Answer :-

I ) I went to Kashmir last year. I enjoyed myself.

• Myself ( Reflexive pronoun )

II ) They themselves admitted their mistake.

• Themselves ( Empathetic pronoun )

III ) You yourself told me this.

• Yourself ( Empathetic pronoun )

IV ) She wants all the good things for herself.

• Herself ( Reflexive pronoun )

=> Some additional information

==> Reflexive pronoun :- The word involved like myself yourself , themselves, ourselves , herself , himself and so on are called Reflexive pronoun. To recognise Reflexive pronoun in the sentence two conditions are applied (i) the subject has done his work own. It means here there should not be emphasized on subject that it has done their work own. Supposed that you hurt yourself. The subject (you) hurt himself not emphasized by someone.

==> Emphatic pronoun :- The emphatic pronoun is the word which is use to emphasize on noun or pronoun. Example of Empatic pronoun are like Reflexive pronoun but here two difference between Reflexive pronoun and emphatic pronoun. (i) It emphasized on noun or pronoun (ii) It always comes after the subject. He himself spoilt.

Answer 2

Answer:

$\bigstar$ State whether the given pronouns are Reflexive or Emphatic Pronouns :-

1) I went to Kashmir last year. I enjoyed myself.

$\longrightarrow$ Reflexive Pronoun - myself

2) They themselves admitted their mistake.

$\longrightarrow$ Emphatic Pronoun - themselves

3) You yourself told me this.

$\longrightarrow$ Reflexive Pronoun - yourself

4) She wants all the good things for herself.

$\longrightarrow$ Reflexive Pronoun - herself

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$\clubsuit$ Types Of Pronoun :

• Personal Pronoun
• Reflexive Pronoun
• Emphatic Pronoun
• Reciprocal Pronoun
• Demonstrative Pronoun
• Indefinite Pronoun
• Interrogative Pronoun
• Relative Pronoun
• Distributive Pronoun
• Exclamatory Pronoun