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🔹 What are Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns?

- Reflexive Pronouns: Used when the subject and object of a sentence are the same. They reflect the action back to the subject.
- Examples: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves
- Example: *She cut herself while cooking.*

- Intensive Pronouns: Used for emphasis. They reinforce the noun or pronoun but aren't necessary for sentence meaning.
- Example: *I did it myself.* (Emphasizes that the speaker did it alone.)

> Note: The same word can be either reflexive or intensive depending on context.

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## ✔ Part A: Underline the underlined pronouns in each sentence.

We need to identify whether the underlined pronoun is reflexive or intensive.

Let’s go sentence by sentence:

1. Drew showed himself in sports clothes.
→ "himself" refers back to Drew; he’s showing his own image.
✔ Reflexive

2. Gordon claimed he was a baseball celebrity.
→ No pronoun underlined here? Wait — the original says “underlined pronouns” but this one has no pronoun underlined.
→ But if we assume the intended underlined word is he, then:
- "he" is not reflexive or intensive; it's a personal pronoun.
→ So likely, this sentence may have an error or missing underline.
✘ No reflexive/intensive pronoun present.

3. The students taught themselves how to use cell phones.
→ "themselves" refers back to "students" — they taught themselves.
✔ Reflexive

4. The teacher helped him a soft portrait.
→ This sentence is grammatically incorrect. It should be: *The teacher helped him with a soft portrait* or *gave him a soft portrait*.
→ But assuming "him" is the underlined pronoun: "him" is an object pronoun, not reflexive or intensive.
✘ Not reflexive or intensive.

5. She petitioned herself in an evening gown.
→ This is awkward. "Petitioned" means to make a formal request. You don’t petition yourself. Likely meant to be: *"She dressed herself in an evening gown."*
→ Assuming typo, if it were "dressed herself", then herself would be reflexive.
→ As written: not logical — probably a mistake.

6. You might ask yourself what you would wear in a portrait.
→ "yourself" refers back to "you" — thinking about your own choice.
✔ Reflexive

7. I myself would be in pain and a marathon.
→ "myself" emphasizes "I" — shows personal involvement.
✔ Intensive

> Note: "I myself" is a common intensive construction.

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✔ Part B: Write the correct pronoun to complete each sentence.

8. Gordon and ________ hung the pictures up in school.
→ Two people: Gordon and someone else (likely another person). Need a plural reflexive pronoun.
→ If it's Gordon and another person, then: themselves
→ But wait — if it's just Gordon and another person, then "they" would be used, so themselves fits.
✔ themselves

9. The painting ________ was very colorful.
→ We need a pronoun that refers to "the painting".
→ "itself" is the reflexive form of "it".
→ "The painting itself was very colorful" — emphasizes the painting.
✔ itself

10. We congratulated ________ on such a good exhibit.
→ We celebrated our own success.
→ "ourselves" is the reflexive pronoun for "we".
✔ ourselves

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## ✔ Final Answers

Part A: Identify reflexive or intensive pronouns

1. himself – Reflexive
2. No reflexive/intensive pronoun (possibly error)
3. themselves – Reflexive
4. him – Not reflexive/intensive (likely error)
5. herself – Reflexive (assuming typo in verb)
6. yourself – Reflexive
7. myself – Intensive

Part B: Fill in the blanks

8. Gordon and themselves hung the pictures up in school.
9. The painting itself was very colorful.
10. We congratulated ourselves on such a good exhibit.

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## 📝 Summary

| Sentence | Pronoun | Type |
|--------|--------|------|
| 1. Drew showed himself... | himself | Reflexive |
| 3. Students taught themselves... | themselves | Reflexive |
| 6. You might ask yourself... | yourself | Reflexive |
| 7. I myself would... | myself | Intensive |
| 8. Gordon and ___ | themselves | Reflexive |
| 9. The painting ___ | itself | Reflexive |
| 10. We congratulated ___ | ourselves | Reflexive |

> 💡 Tip: Reflexive pronouns are needed when the subject and object are the same. Intensive pronouns add emphasis but can be removed without changing core meaning.

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