General English Level 3 V 3

UNIT 04 Money matters TOPIC 04 Health wealth and happiness

	LANGUAGE FOCUS 03 Reflexives
	Find out about reflexive pronouns

Hiro says:
Hiro:	I want to be rich so I can buy myself a nice house, go out to restaurants, travel…

Pedro says:
Pedro:	Now, we are young and I think we should enjoy our lives and ourselves .

The students say:
	When you feel good about yourself , you feel happy. Everybody wants the best for himself or herself . Many rich people have everything, big houses, expensive cars, overseas holidays, but they don't feel good about themselves .

Myself , ourselves , yourself , himself , herself , themselves are reflexive pronouns . We use reflexive pronouns when we want to show that the subject and the object are the same.

Find out more about subject and object.


She looked at herself .	She looked at her .

Subject	looked at	Object
I		myself .
You		yourself .
He		himself .
She		herself .
It (the cat)		itself .
We		ourselves .
They		themselves .

Examples

1	Read the examples.
2	Listen to the examples.
3	Practise saying the examples. Use the Pause button.

You should look after yourself . Your health is important.

He bought a new shirt for himself .

She locked herself out of the house.

The dog scratched itself .

We enjoyed ourselves at the party.

They are very selfish. They only think about themselves .

Now go to 04 LANGUAGE FOCUS Reflexives - task.