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

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★ State whether the given pronouns are Reflexive or Emphatic Pronouns :-

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

⟶ Reflexive Pronoun - myself

2) They themselves admitted their mistake.

⟶ Emphatic Pronoun - themselves

3) You yourself told me this.

⟶ Reflexive Pronoun - yourself

4) She wants all the good things for herself.

⟶ Reflexive Pronoun - herself

*Types Of Pronoun :-

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

Answer 2

Answer:

(I)i want to Kasmir last year . I enjoyed myself

• myself (reflexive pronoun)

(ii)they themselves admitted their mistake.

• themselves (emphatic pronoun)

(iii)you yourself told me this

• yourself (emphatic pronoun)

(iv) she wants all the good things for herself.

• herself ( reflexive pronoun)

some additional information:-

Explanation:

Reflexive Pronouns:-

Pronouns are called reflexive pronouns when the action of the verb turns back on the subject.

Reflexive pronouns are usually objects of the verb.

Eg: I fed myself the grapes.

You accidentally cut yourself last Thursday.

We blame ourselves for the accident.

Jonah helped himself to the food.

Lisa read to herself in the afternoon.

They bought themselves new shoes.

Emphatic Pronouns:-

Emphatic pronouns are compound personal pronouns such as 'himself', 'myself' and 'yourself' used for emphasis.

Eg: I will build the house myself.

We will watch the show ourselves.

You yourself can tell us about the situation.

We saw the President himself.

She herself told us the news.

The city itself does not receive much rainfall.

They themselves prefer to stay at home.