REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS

Use a reflexive pronoun when the SUBJECT and the OBJECT of your sentence are the same person, or thing.

In other words, the one doing the action, and the one receiving the action are the same.

	Subject	Verb	Object (using a REFLEXIVE pronoun)
[1st person – singular]	I	drive	myself.
[1st person – plural]	We	drive	ourselves.
[2nd person – singular]	You	drive	yourself.
[2nd person – plural]	You	drive	yourselves.
[3rd person – singular]	He	drives	himself.
[3rd person – singular]	She	drives	herself.
[3rd person – singular]	It	drives	itself.
[3rd person – plural]	They	drive	themselves.

Examples:

I can do it myself, thanks.

We thought we could figure it out ourselves, but in the end we needed to get a lawyer.

You shouldn’t go by yourself. It’s not safe.

I don’t want you kids to go to the concert by yourselves.

Yes, he is getting married! He told me himself, so the rumour must must be true.

Her hairdresser was not available so she cut her hair herself.

Just stand in front of it, and the door will open by itself.

 They don’t have a lot of furniture, so they are going to move themselves.