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Grammar Reference

Reflexive pronouns • The Imperative changes to full infinitive or not +

myself full infinitive.
‘
 Stay there,’ said the man.
yourself  The man told me to stay there.
‘
himself  Don’t take this away, please,’ she said.
herself  She asked me not to take that away.
itself
ourselves
yourselves
themselves

We use reflexive pronouns:
• as objects of verbs when the subject and the
object of the verb are the same.
 I bought myself an expensive pair of shoes.
• after certain verbs with prepositions (talk about/
to, take care of, say to, etc.).
 He never talks about himself.
Note:
• We use by + reflexive pronoun to show that
someone does something alone, without any
help from anyone else.
 I always pack my suitcases by myself.

The verb should © MM Publications
The verb should
I/He/She/It/We/You/They
AFFIRMATIVE should go
I/He/She/It/We/You/They
NEGATIVE shouldn’t go

Should I/he/she/it/we/you/they
QUESTIONS go?
Yes, I/he/she/it/we/you/they
SHORT should.
ANSWERS No, I/he/she/it/we/you/they
shouldn’t.

We use should:
• to ask for and give advice.
 What should I do?
 You shouldn’t work so hard.
• to express an opinion.
 I think the children should eat more fruit.
• to make a suggestion.
 We should go to the cinema. There’s a nice film on.

Reported Speech (Commands and
Requests)

• We commonly use tell or order when we report
commands and ask when we report requests.

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