Respuestas
Respuesta:
Grammar explanation
Reflexive pronouns are words like myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves and themselves. They refer back to a person or thing.
We often use reflexive pronouns when the subject and the object of a verb are the same.
I cut myself when I was making dinner last night.
I hope you enjoy yourselves at the party tonight!
My phone isn't working properly. It turns itself off for no reason.
We need to believe in ourselves more.
Adding emphasis
We can add a reflexive pronoun for emphasis when it's unusual or different.
He wants to pass his driving test so that he can drive himself to work.
She broke her arm, so she couldn't wash herself very easily.
We can use reflexive pronouns to emphasise that someone does it personally, not anybody else.
The door was definitely locked. I locked it myself.
Are you redecorating your flat yourselves?
We can also use a reflexive pronoun together with the noun it refers to in order to emphasise it.
We talked to the manager herself, and she agreed to give us our money back.
Parents themselves need to take more responsibility for their children's learning.
By + reflexive pronoun
We can use by + reflexive pronoun to mean alone.
He usually goes on holiday by himself.
Do you enjoy being by yourself?
Reciprocal pronouns
Notice the difference between plural reflexive pronouns and reciprocal pronouns (each other, one another).
They're buying themselves a new television.
They're buying each other small gifts.
We looked at ourselves in the mirror.
We looked at each other in surprise.
With reciprocal pronouns (e.g. each other), each person does the action to the other person/people but not to themselves.
Do this exercise to test your grammar again.
Explicación:
Respuesta:
l learned to climb last year.
Martín successfully completed the exam.
Phones have evolved a lot in recent years.
The trade opened later than usual.
Laura played a memorable hockey game.
The book was a success.
Juan graduated from university.
They had dinner together.
The cat scratched the couch.
The tree lost all its leaves.
He got a promotion for his great performance.
The plant gave its first flower.
Pedro heard the sound of the engine.
The books got wet, but they weren't ruined.
The cell phone was turned off.
The water came out cold.
Andrea solved the riddle.
l had bought flowers that day.
He told me that everything was going to be different from that moment on.
We played daily under the shade of my grandmother's walnut tree.
en español
Yo aprendí a escalar el año pasado.
Martín completó de manera correcta el examen.
Los teléfonos evolucionaron mucho en los últimos años.
El comercio abrió más tarde de lo habitual.
Laura jugó un partido de hockey memorable.
El libro resultó un éxito.
Juan se recibió en la universidad.
Ellas cenaron juntas.
El gato rascó el sillón.
El árbol perdió todas sus hojas.
Él logró un ascenso por su gran desempeño.
La planta dio su primera flor.
Pedro escuchó el sonido del motor.
Los libros se mojaron, pero no se arruinaron.
El celular se apagó.
La agua salió fría.
Andrea resolvió el acertijo.
Yo había comprado flores aquel día.
Él me dijo que todo iba a ser distinto a partir de aquel momento.
Nosotros jugábamos a diario bajo la sombra del nogal de mi abuela.