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Reflexives & Reciprocals — Who Owns What? Reflexives and Reciprocals

Grammar: Reflexive pronouns, possessive determiners, each other / one another

Free ESL grammar exercise on reflexives & reciprocals themed around who owns what? reflexives and reciprocals. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.

What's on this worksheet

A Level 4 (upper intermediate) ESL grammar exercise on education, practising reflexive pronouns, possessive determiners, each other / one another. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.

From the reading

Language learners often confuse themselves when they try to use reflexive pronouns. When two colleagues help each other with their projects, the action goes both ways — that is the key difference from a reflexive.

Grammar

Reflexive pronouns
Used when subject = object. He hurt himself. She introduced herself. They enjoyed themselves.
Each other / one
Mutual action between people. They called each other every day. The group trusted one another.

Sample items

  1. The two designers complimented ______ on the finished product.
  2. I gave ______ ten minutes to read the brief before the meeting started.
  3. All the students introduced ______ to the new lecturer.

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