Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns

Learning Objectives Define personal pronouns and reflexive pronouns. Identify the subject of a sentence. Recognize that reflexive pronouns end in '-self' or '-selves'. Choose the correct personal pronoun to act as a subject or object in a sentence. Determine when a reflexive pronoun is needed because the subject is doing an action to itself. Correctly use personal and reflexive pronouns in their own sentences. Have you ever looked in a mirror and seen yourself? ✨ Some special words, called pronouns, act like mirrors in our sentences! Today, we will learn about two types of pronouns: personal and reflexive. Knowing which one to choose will make your sentences clearer and help you become a super sentence-builder. Real-World Applications Telling a stor...

TermDefinitionExample PronounA word that takes the place of a noun (a person, place, or thing).Instead of 'Maria threw the ball,' you can say 'She threw the ball.' 'She' is the pronoun. SubjectThe person or thing that is doing the action in a sentence.In 'The dog chased the cat,' the 'dog' is the subject because it is doing the chasing. Personal PronounA pronoun used for a person or thing. It can be the subject (I, you, he, she, it, we, they) or the object (me, you, him, her, it, us, them).He gave the book to me. ('He' is the subject, 'me' is the object). Reflexive PronounA pronoun that 'reflects' back to the subject. It is used when the subject of the sentence is also the object of the action.The cat licked i...

The Action Rule Use a PERSONAL pronoun when the subject does an action to someone or something else. If the action is going from the subject to a different person or thing, you need a personal pronoun like 'me', 'him', 'her', or 'us'. The Mirror Rule Use a REFLEXIVE pronoun when the subject does an action to itself. If the action is 'reflecting' back to the subject, you need a reflexive pronoun that ends in '-self' or '-selves', like 'myself', 'himself', or 'themselves'.