當一個句子中的主詞與受詞一致時,受詞則可以用反身代名詞。其中,第一人稱和第二人稱的反身代名詞是由所有格 「my、your、our」 等加上 「-self」 或 「-selves」 組成的。比如:myself、yourself、yourselves、ourselves。第三人稱的反身代名詞則由人稱代名詞 「her、him、them」 等加上 「-self」 或 「-selves」 組成,比如 「herself、himself、themselves」。試做下面的《英語小測驗》,測一測你對反身代名詞的理解是否到位。
1. John Malcolm is a very conscientious manager. He even cleans the office desks ______.
a) itself
b) by him
c) hisself
d) himself
2. The dog curled up on the chair and made ______ at home.
a) ourself
b) yourself
c) itself
d) themself
3. Jamaal and Remy have started a rock band and see ______ as the next Beatles!
a) themselves
b) themselfs
c) itselves
d) them
4. Don’t blame ______ for losing the match. None of us played very well at all.
a) youself
b) yourself
c) yourselve
d) itself
5. The policemen looked at ______ and knew the woman was lying.
a) himself
b) themself
c) eachselves
d) each other
6. My mum loves singing to ______ in the shower!
a) herselve
b) herself
c) sheself
d) her
7. Let’s get ______ a loan from the bank, then we can buy that dream house in the countryside.
a) ourselves
b) yourselves
c) ourself
d) yourself
8. I enjoy my own company, so I live by ______.
a) me
b) myselve
c) myself
d) meself
答案
1) d, 2) c, 3) a, 4) b, 5) d, 6) b, 7) a, 8) c.