Use Reflexive Pronouns Correctly

Teach the take it out test with Intensive Pronouns first. Then use Reflexive or Intensive? to compare the two uses and finish with the error fixing sheet.

Fix 10 nonstandard pronouns such as hisself, theirselves and yourselfs by writing the correct form. Reflexive and intensive pronouns end in self or selves; forms like hisself and theirselves are not standard, and myself never takes the place of I or me. The directions on the page read: Each sentence has one pronoun that is not standard. Cross it out and write the correct pronoun on the line. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 6th Grade pronouns, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with intensive and reflexive pronouns. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

Take the pronoun out of the sentence. If the sentence still makes sense, as in The players themselves chose the new team name, it is intensive. If it does not, as in Did you hurt yourself, it is reflexive.

Hisself and theirselves are not standard English. Use himself and themselves instead, as in Mateo taught himself to juggle three oranges.

No. Myself never takes the place of I or me, so Grace and I will hand out the programs is correct, not Grace and myself.