Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Reflexive Pronouns

Reflexive pronouns are used to emphasize that the person who realizes the action is the same who receives it. Here, some examples:
Subject Pronouns    Reflexive Pronouns
        I                                 Myself
      You                             Yourself
       He                              Himself
      She                              Herself
       It                                 Itself
       We                            Ourselves
      You                            Yourselves
      They                          Themselves

- I'm doing this project all by myself. = I'm doing it alone.
- (You)Take care of yourself!
- He was working with that inappropriate tool and he cut himself.
- She killed herself.
- Love is not enough, in itself. = Love is not enough, alone. 
- We've been studying for ourselves.
- You all must clean all this house, yourselves. Don't count on me!

- They should do that effort for themselves. It's worthy just for their own purpose.


Here, at Web2, and Perso Wanadoo, you can practice this issue a little bit.
 
    

Object Pronouns

I was asked to explain something about Object Pronouns. Students usually say that this is a nightmare, but once you have learned, that's it. 
To make it easier to comprehend, I have prepared this table:
 
Subject Pronoun       Object Pronoun           Possessive Pronoun
 I like Gena.                  Gena likes me.            My name is Gena.
 You like Gena.             Gena likes you.          Your name is Gena. 
 He likes Gena.             Gena likes him.          His name is...
 She likes Gena.           Gena likes her.            Her name is...
 It likes Gena.               Gena likes it.              Its name is...
 We like Gena.              Gena likes us.            Our names are...
 You like Gena.           Gena likes you.           Your names are...
They like Gena.          Gena likes them.         Their names are... (plural)

Here, you can learn more at Learn American English Online and do exercises at ESL Quiz, SRLC, Ego4U and English Hilfen.


 
           

Monday, April 5, 2010

Chat on line!

Tonight, I've found a web site where you can chat online. It's called www.englishexperts.com 
You can choose from basic, intermediate and advanced levels, make your registration and just chat! I had been there and I'd really liked it, people are nice, since that everybody wants to learn and exchange experience. 
As you can notice, there are many tools to improve, aren't there?