Reflexive or Intensive Pronoun? #1 | Interactive Worksheet ... - Free Printable

Let’s go through each sentence one by one. We need to decide if the pronoun in bold is reflexive or intensive.

Remember:
- A reflexive pronoun is needed — it reflects back to the subject, and the sentence doesn’t make sense without it.
- An intensive pronoun just adds emphasis — you can remove it and the sentence still makes sense.

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1. The mayor herself addressed the students.
→ “Herself” emphasizes that the mayor did it personally. You could say “The mayor addressed the students” — still makes sense. → Intensive

2. Did Jayden injure himself when he fell off his skateboard?
→ If we remove “himself,” it becomes “Did Jayden injure when he fell?” — That doesn’t make sense. He injured *himself*. → Reflexive

3. Although our parents offered to help us, we wanted to build it ourselves.
→ Without “ourselves,” it would be “we wanted to build it” — which is okay, but “ourselves” shows we did it alone, no help. It’s adding emphasis. Wait — actually, “build it ourselves” means we did it without help — so it’s reflexive? Let’s think: Is “ourselves” necessary? In this case, yes — because “we wanted to build it” doesn’t show who did it. But actually, “ourselves” here is used to mean “by ourselves” — which is reflexive usage. Hmm… Actually, in grammar, when you say “we built it ourselves,” it’s often considered intensive if you’re emphasizing effort, but technically, if the action is done by the subject to/for themselves, it’s reflexive. Let me check rule: Reflexive = subject and object are same. Here, “we” (subject) did the building for “ourselves” (object). So it’s reflexive. But wait — in many textbooks, “we built it ourselves” is treated as intensive because “it” is the object, not “ourselves.” Oh! Important point: In “we built it ourselves,” “it” is the direct object, and “ourselves” is an intensifier. So it’s intensive. Yes — because the verb “built” already has an object (“it”), so “ourselves” is extra emphasis. → Intensive

Wait — let’s double-check with a reliable method: Remove the pronoun.
Original: “we wanted to build it ourselves” → without: “we wanted to build it” — still complete. So “ourselves” is extra → Intensive

4. You may surprise yourself with what you can do.
→ Without “yourself”: “You may surprise with what you can do” — doesn’t make sense. You surprise *yourself*. → Reflexive

5. Which movie hurt herself the most?
→ This sentence is weird. “Movie” can’t hurt itself — movies aren’t people. Probably a typo? Should be “Which movie hurt her the most?” But as written, “herself” is used incorrectly. However, for the exercise, we have to judge based on structure. The subject is “movie” (thing), object is “herself” (person) — mismatch. But if we ignore logic and look at grammar: “hurt herself” — if the subject were “she,” then “herself” would be reflexive. But here, subject is “movie,” so “herself” doesn’t refer back to subject → actually, this might be an error. But since the question asks to choose between reflexive or intensive, and “herself” is trying to reflect to someone, but there’s no female subject... Hmm. Perhaps it’s meant to be “Which actress hurt herself the most?” But as written, it’s incorrect. For the sake of the exercise, I’ll assume it’s a mistake and treat it as if the subject is implied to be female — but strictly speaking, “herself” doesn’t match “movie.” Maybe it’s intensive? No — intensive also needs to match subject. This is problematic. Let’s skip and come back. Actually, looking at common worksheets, sometimes they include trick questions. But in standard grammar, if the pronoun doesn’t match the subject, it’s wrong. However, for this task, perhaps we’re to assume it’s reflexive if it’s meant to reflect. I think it’s likely a typo, and intended to be reflexive. But let’s see answer key pattern. Alternatively, maybe “movie” is personified? Unlikely. I’ll mark it as Reflexive assuming it’s meant to be “she” — but note: this sentence is grammatically flawed. For now, I’ll go with Reflexive because “hurt herself” typically requires reflexive.

Wait — better approach: In “Which movie hurt herself”, the subject is “movie”, which is neuter, so “herself” is incorrect. But since the worksheet includes it, perhaps it’s testing if students notice? No, probably not. Let me check online or recall: In some contexts, “herself” could be used for ships or countries, but not movies. I think it’s an error. But for the purpose of this exercise, I’ll treat it as Reflexive because the structure “hurt herself” is reflexive when subject is female. Since the worksheet has it, I’ll assume it’s meant to be correct. → Reflexive

Actually, let’s move on and come back.

6. The governor himself gave the award to the principal of the year.
→ “Himself” emphasizes the governor did it personally. Remove it: “The governor gave the award...” — still fine. → Intensive

7. The flying squirrel launched itself from a high branch to glide to the next tree.
→ Without “itself”: “launched from a high branch” — who launched? The squirrel launched *itself*. Necessary. → Reflexive

8. I enjoyed this cookbook like cooks use a great idea.
→ Wait, the bold part is “this cookbook”? But the instruction says “pronouns in bold”. Looking back at image: in sentence 8, it says “I enjoyed this cookbook like cooks use a great idea.” But “this cookbook” is not a pronoun — it’s a noun phrase. That can’t be right. Perhaps it’s a typo in my reading. Let me re-read the original image description.

In the user’s text:
"8. I enjoyed this cookbook like cooks use a great idea."

But “this cookbook” isn’t a pronoun. The worksheet is about reflexive or intensive pronouns. Probably, it’s supposed to be “myself” or something. Wait, looking at the original image (from memory or standard worksheets), sentence 8 is often: “I enjoyed myself at the party.” But here it says “this cookbook”. That must be a mistake in transcription.

Perhaps it’s “I enjoyed myself while reading this cookbook” or something. But as written, “this cookbook” is not a pronoun. This is confusing.

Wait, let’s look at the user’s input again:
"8. I enjoyed this cookbook like cooks use a great idea."

That doesn’t make sense. And “like cooks use a great idea” is also odd. Probably a misread. In standard versions of this worksheet, sentence 8 is: “I enjoyed myself at the concert.” or similar.

Given that, and since the topic is reflexive/intensive pronouns, I suspect it’s meant to be “myself”. Let me assume that. Because otherwise, it’s not a pronoun.

So, assuming it’s “I enjoyed myself...” — then “myself” is reflexive because “enjoyed myself” is a set phrase meaning had fun, and you can’t say “I enjoyed” without object in this context. → Reflexive

But to be accurate, if it’s really “this cookbook”, then it’s not a pronoun, so the question doesn’t apply. But since the worksheet is about pronouns, I’ll go with Reflexive assuming it’s “myself”.

9. You have to learn the game yourself.
→ Without “yourself”: “You have to learn the game” — still makes sense. “Yourself” adds emphasis that you must do it alone. → Intensive

10. I taught myself to play the guitar over the summer.
→ Without “myself”: “I taught to play the guitar” — doesn’t make sense. Taught whom? Myself. → Reflexive

11. The three friends often found themselves in the most unlikely situations.
→ “Found themselves” — if removed, “found in the most unlikely situations” — incomplete. They found *themselves*. → Reflexive

12. Goldy helped himself all over the books in the library’s greenery bin.
→ “Helped himself” — means he took freely. Without “himself”, “helped all over the books” doesn’t make sense. → Reflexive

13. Goldy and the team schooled soccer practices yourselves.
→ Subject is “Goldy and the team” (they), but pronoun is “yourselves” (you plural). Mismatch. Should be “themselves”. As written, it’s incorrect. But for the exercise, if we ignore mismatch, “yourselves” is trying to be reflexive, but doesn’t match subject. However, in terms of function, it’s meant to be reflexive. But since subject is third person, and pronoun is second person, it’s wrong. But perhaps in the worksheet, it’s a trick. I think it’s meant to be “themselves”, so “yourselves” is a distractor. But the question is to classify the pronoun as given. “Yourselves” is a reflexive pronoun form, but used incorrectly here. For classification, it’s still a reflexive pronoun type, even if misused. But the category is whether it’s functioning as reflexive or intensive in the sentence. Since it’s supposed to reflect the subject, but doesn’t match, it’s neither properly. This is messy.

Perhaps in context, “schooled yourselves” would be if addressing the team, but subject is “Goldy and the team”, so it should be “themselves”. I think it’s an error. For the sake of answering, I’ll say it’s intended to be Reflexive, even though grammatically incorrect.

14. Although the scientists warned her, she chose to build the raft smoothly.
→ “Smoothly” is an adverb, not a pronoun. Again, problem. The bold part should be a pronoun. In standard worksheets, this might be “herself”. Let me assume it’s “herself”. Because “build the raft herself” makes sense.

So, assuming “she chose to build the raft herself” — then “herself” is intensive, because “she chose to build the raft” is complete, and “herself” adds emphasis. → Intensive

15. The submarine robots explored the ocean floor themselves.
→ Without “themselves”: “explored the ocean floor” — still makes sense. “Themselves” emphasizes they did it alone. → Intensive

Now, going back to sentence 5: “Which movie hurt herself the most?” — as discussed, it’s likely a typo, and should be “actress” or “she”. In many worksheets, it’s “Which actress hurt herself the most?” so I’ll treat it as Reflexive.

Sentence 8: Assuming “myself”, Reflexive

Sentence 13: Assuming it’s meant to be reflexive, Reflexive

Sentence 14: Assuming “herself”, Intensive

Let me list them clearly:

1. herself → Intensive
2. himself → Reflexive
3. ourselves → Intensive (because "build it" is complete, "ourselves" adds emphasis)
4. yourself → Reflexive
5. herself → Reflexive (assuming subject is female person)
6. himself → Intensive
7. itself → Reflexive
8. myself (assumed) → Reflexive
9. yourself → Intensive
10. myself → Reflexive
11. themselves → Reflexive
12. himself → Reflexive
13. yourselves → Reflexive (though mismatched, intended as reflexive)
14. herself (assumed) → Intensive
15. themselves → Intensive

For sentence 3: “we wanted to build it ourselves” — “it” is the object, “ourselves” is additional, so intensive. Yes.

For sentence 9: “learn the game yourself” — “yourself” is not necessary for grammar, adds emphasis → intensive.

For sentence 13: even though “yourselves” doesn’t match “Goldy and the team”, in the context of the exercise, it’s probably meant to be classified as reflexive because it’s a reflexive pronoun form used to reflect the subject (even if incorrectly). But strictly, if the subject is “they”, and pronoun is “you”, it’s not reflexive. However, I think for this level, they want us to see that “yourselves” is a reflexive pronoun, and in the sentence, it’s trying to be reflexive. So I’ll keep it as Reflexive.

Similarly, sentence 5: despite “movie”, we’ll go with Reflexive.

Final decisions:

1. Intensive
2. Reflexive
3. Intensive
4. Reflexive
5. Reflexive
6. Intensive
7. Reflexive
8. Reflexive (assuming "myself")
9. Intensive
10. Reflexive
11. Reflexive
12. Reflexive
13. Reflexive
14. Intensive (assuming "herself")
15. Intensive

Now, to write the answers as per the worksheet format.

The worksheet has for each sentence: reflexive / intensive — we circle one.

So for the answer, I'll list the choice for each.

But since the user didn't specify how to output, I'll provide the answers in order.

Also, for sentences with issues, I've made assumptions based on standard worksheet content.

Let me confirm with a different approach for a few:

Sentence 3: "we wanted to build it ourselves" — compare to "we built it ourselves" — in both cases, "ourselves" is intensive because the verb has another object ("it"). Reflexive would be if the object is the pronoun, like "we hurt ourselves". Here, "build it" — "it" is object, "ourselves" is adjunct. So intensive. Correct.

Sentence 9: "learn the game yourself" — "yourself" is not the object; "the game" is. So intensive.

Sentence 14: if "build the raft herself", then "herself" is intensive.

Okay.

So final answer list:

1. intensive
2. reflexive
3. intensive
4. reflexive
5. reflexive
6. intensive
7. reflexive
8. reflexive
9. intensive
10. reflexive
11. reflexive
12. reflexive
13. reflexive
14. intensive
15. intensive

For sentence 8 and 14, I assumed the pronouns are "myself" and "herself" respectively, as "this cookbook" and "smoothly" don't make sense in context.

If the original has different words, but based on standard educational materials, this should be correct.

Final Answer:
1. intensive
2. reflexive
3. intensive
4. reflexive
5. reflexive
6. intensive
7. reflexive
8. reflexive
9. intensive
10. reflexive
11. reflexive
12. reflexive
13. reflexive
14. intensive
15. intensive