RIC-20234 Primary Grammar and Word Study Year 3 – Parts of Speech

Parts of speech
Pronouns
Focus
Worksheet information
Personal pronouns: emphatic, reflexive
Definitions
• A pronoun is a word substituted for a noun.
• A personal pronoun is used in place of a person or
thing.
• An emphatic personal pronoun emphasises the
subject of the verb.
Example:
They (subject) play football themselves.
• A reflexive personal pronoun is the object of the
verb.
Example:
He hid himself (object) very well.
Explanation
• The use of pronouns prevents constant repetition of
a noun, making the text more manageable and fluid.
• It is important for students to know the correct
pronouns to use in the context of any sentence so
their grammar, in speech and in writing, is accurate.
• The following table shows which personal pronoun
to use:
– when the person the pronoun refers to is the
subject or object
Example:
He (subject) is old. The man noticed us. (object)
– to emphasise the subject of the verb
Example:
We built the bonfire ourselves. (emphatic pronoun)
– when the object of the verb is the same person as
the subject
Example:
He dried himself. (reflexive pronoun)
– to indicate possession.
Example:
This book is yours.
Person Subjective Objective
Emphatic/
Reflexive
Possessive
First singular I me myself mine
Second you you yourself yours
Third (male) he him himself his
Third (female) she her herself hers
Third (neuter) it it itself its
First plural we us ourselves ours
Second you you yourselves yours
Third they them themselves theirs
• Before beginning the activity, revise the role of
personal pronouns. For example, change the nouns
in the sentence ‘Mr McGregor returned the ball to the
girls because the ball was the girls’, to become: ‘He
returned it to them because it was theirs’.
He is the subject of the verb, it and them are
objects of the verb and theirs refers to ownership of
it by them.
• Emphasise to students that each missing word in
the first text is an emphatic pronoun; e.g. yourself,
ourselves.
• Activity 1 (b) reinforces the match between each
form of emphatic pronoun and the subject of the
verb.
• In Activity 2, students are required to demonstrate
their understanding between the emphatic and
reflexive personal pronouns and the noun or pronoun
it refers to.
Ideas for further practice
• With the students, develop a short play script in
which emphatic-reflexive personal pronouns are
overused so as to emphasise their use.
• Play a circle game in which students take turns to
deliver a sentence containing an emphatic-reflexive
personal pronoun. The rest of the circle determine
whether the correct one has been used.
Answers
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1. (a) myself, yourself, ourselves, himself, yourself,
themselves
(b)
I have dressed myself.
You can help yourself.
We are going to enjoy ourselves.
He (Thomas) hurt himself.
you must get yourself.
They can’t clean themselves.
2. (a) himself, yourself, yourself, myself
(b) James, you, you, I
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