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REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS Pronomes Reflexivos

Os Pronomes Reflexivos so:

Os pronomes
ser usados para
1- ao
do verbo recai
sujeito.
I cut myself. (Eu

Pronomes Reflexivos
Myself
Yourself
Himself
Herself
Itself
Ourselves
Yourselves
Themselves

Traduo
Eu mesmo
Voc mesmo
Ele mesmo
Ela mesma
Ele/ela mesma para
objetos
Ns mesmos
Vocs mesmos
Eles mesmos

reflexivos podem
expressar:
reflexiva: a ao
sobre o prprio
me cortei).

He hurt himself last week. (Ele se machucou na semana passada.)


Jane killed herself. (Jane se matou).
Take care of yourself! (Cuide-se!)
They burned themselves on the fireplace. (Eles se queimaram na lareira).

2- funo enftica: o pronome deve combinar com aquilo que est se enfatizando.

Im not going to do it for you. You can do it yourself. (Eu no vou fazer pra voc. Voc mesmo
pode fazer.)
They fixed the dishwasher themselves. (Eles mesmos consertaram a mquina de lavar).
We ourselves made this surprise to you. (Ns mesmos preparamos essa surpresa para voc).
I cut the cake myself. (Eu mesma cortei o bolo).

3- funo idiomtica: tem-se a inteno de informar que o sujeito praticou a ao sozinho,


sem a ajuda de ningum. Nesse caso, o pronome reflexivo deve vir precedido por by.

We did our homework by ourselves. (Ns fizemos o nosso dever de casa sozinhos).
Bob made this pasta by himself. (Bob preparou esse macarro sozinho).
She cleaned the house by herself. (Ela limpou a casa sozinha).
They painted the house by themselves. (Eles pintaram a casa sem a ajuda de ningum).

OBS.:
Existem outros tipos de Pronomes Reflexivos (Reflexive Pronouns) que so chamados de
Reflexivos Recprocos:

each other/one another.

Observe a diferena entre os Pronomes Reflexivos ourselves,yourselves e themselves e os


Reflexivos Recprocos:

Tom and Ann stood in front of the mirror and looked at themself.
(= Tom and Ann looked at Tom and Ann.)
Mas: Tom looked at Ann and Ann looked at Tom. They looked at each other.

How long have you and Bill known each other (or one another)? (H quanto tempo voc e o
Bill conhecem um ao outro).
Sue and Ann dont like each other (or one another). (A Sue e a Ann gostam uma da outra.)

Our mother thinks that we should be more careful to each other. (Nossa me acha que
deveramos ser mais cuidosos um com o outro.)

Make sure you and Julia don't hurt yourselves! (Cuidem-se para que voc e Julia no se
machuquem!)

Julia and I enjoyed very much ourselves during the party. (Julia e eu nos divertimos muito
durante a festa.)

Julia and I don't see one another every day. (Julia e eu no nos vemos / no vemos uma a
outra todos os dias.)

Exercises:
A- Fill in these sentences with MYSELF, YOURSELF, HERSELF, HIMSELF, ITSELF, OURSELVES,
YOURSELVES or THEMSELVES.
1. Every morning I wash

and clean my teeth.

2. Jane is a baby, she is too small to eat by

3. Peter is very lazy. He always copies his friends homework and never does it by
.
4. The children can decorate the Christmas tree by
5. Julie is always looking at

in the mirror.

6. If you cant do this exercise by


7. The cat cleans

, ask the teacher for help.


with its tongue.

8. Dont help us, Dad! Jim and I can paint the car all by

9. You are five years old, Danny. You have to comb your hair by

now.

10. Hi, Martin! Hi, Rebeca! Please, come in and make


11. Robert made this T-shirt

at home.
.

12. Liza did the homework

13. We helped

to some cola at the party.

14. Sara, did you write this poem

15. Yes, I wrote this poem


16. He cut

with the knife while he was doing the dishes.

17. The lion can defend


18. My mother often talks to

.
in the kitchen.

19. John and Alan, if you want more milk, help

20. The students were so noisy. Even Nancy and Leila were making a lot of noise
.
21. Did the children behave

22. I caught sight of

in the mirror.

B- Choose the right pronoun. Some are Possessives and some are Reflexives.
Q1 - It's ____ party.
My

mine

Q2 - He hurt ____.
His

himself

Q3 - She did it ____.


Hers /

herself

Q4 - He took it from ____ room.


My

myself

Either could be used here.


Q5 - I didn't believe ____ story.
Her

hers

Q6 - I saw it with ____ own eyes.


My

mine /

myself

Q7 - No one would help us, so we had to do it ____.


Us

ourself

ourselves

Q8 - Someone took it while ___ were asleep.


Ourselves

we

Q9 - He'll just have to do it ____.


Him

himself

Q10 - It's not ____ problem.


Our

ours

Q11 - I don't think it's____.


Mine /

my

myself

Q12 - Be careful or you'll hurt ____!


Yourself

yourselves

Q13 - It's ____ not mine.


Her

hers

herself

Either could be used here.

Q14 - She didn't do ____ best.


Her

hers

herself

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