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Strictly speaking, 'help' is not reflexive because 'techniques' is its subject and 'us' is a simple direct object. 'I have a lot of work to do today', 'I have a number of calls to make'). This is a 'have' + object + 'to do' (and sometimes other verbs) structure that is quite commonly used (e.g. I find this sentence to be a little unnatural, but taking it as it is written, I would say the correct version is 'We have a number of techniques to help us'. GapFillTyping_MTU4NjM= Book traversal links for Reflexive pronouns GapFillDragAndDrop_MTU4NjI= Reflexive pronouns 5 = I had to be satisfied with a few euros. I had to content myself with a few euros. = She worked very hard to mend the lights. She applied herself to the job of mending the lights. = He was surprised when he realised that he was lying by the side of the road. He found himself lying by the side of the road. I wish the children would behave themselves. Would you like to help yourself to another drink? Some verbs change their meaning slightly when they have a reflexive pronoun as direct object: MultipleChoice_MTU4NTY= Reflexive pronouns 3 We often put the reflexive pronoun at the end of the clause when we are using it intensively for emphasis: Sir Paul McCartney himself sang the final song. especially if we are talking about someone very famous:.We use reflexive pronouns intensively to emphasise the person or thing we are referring to: He lived by himself in an enormous house. to show that someone did something without any help:.We use reflexives with the preposition by: (NOT himself)Īnd after with when it means accompanied by:

We use reflexive pronouns as the object of a preposition when the object is the same as the subject of the verb:īut we use object pronouns, not reflexives, after prepositions of place: We’ve brought ourselves something to eat. We use reflexive pronouns as an indirect object when the indirect object is the same as the subject of the verb: He dressed himself in spite of his injuries. We only use reflexives with these verbs for emphasis: Michael dressed and got ready for the party. He always shaved before going out in the evening. We do not use a reflexive pronoun after verbs which describe things people usually do for themselves: We can use a reflexive pronoun as direct object with most transitive verbs, but these are the most common: amuse We use a reflexive pronoun as a direct object when the object is the same as the subject of the verb:īe careful with that knife.