Возвратные местоимения

Myself/yourself/himself/herself/itself/ourselves/yourselves/themselves. Возвратные местоимения образуются от личных и притяжательных местоимений прибавлением –self в единственном числе и –selves во множественном числе.

Возвратные местоимения употребляются в предложении для того, чтобы сказать, что предмет, названный подлежащим предложения, (а) сам совершает действие или (б) сам совершает действие и испытывает его на себе (в русском языке выражается глаголом в возвратной форме с окончанием –сь, -ся).

(a) I’d like to hear you play it on the piano… I don’t play too badly myself. – Я хотела бы послушать, как ты сыграешь это на рояле. Я ведь и сама неплохо играю.

(b)Camilla told herself it was ridiculous to feel nervous. – Камилла говорила себе, что смешно так нервничать.

Exercises

1. Underline all the forms of pronouns and translate the sentences into Russian.

1. Please, read her book. I’ve read it myself. It’s very interesting! 2. I’m glad to meet them. They are honorable and respected members of our family. 3. Don’t talk so loudly. Behave yourself. 4. How much time is it now? It’s ten p.m. 5. He has two pictures on his bedroom wall. He likes them because they are beautiful. 6. Will you help me to sort out the things? I cannot tell which are yours and which are mine. 7. We know their plan. It’s well thought-out. 8. Mike was at school yesterday. We saw him there ourselves and talked to him. 9. The shops belong to him. They are his shops. The shops are his. 10. She is a cousin of mine. 11. Judy bought a new car. It’s a Toyota. 12. Ann is my neighbour. I talk to her every day. We have interesting conversations together. 13. Their knowledge of the subject is not much superior to ours. 14. They enjoyed themselves very much at the party. 15. Jim prides himself on his cooking.

Match two pairs of dialogues and insert correct pronouns.