Health and endurance.
Find the meaning of the words in bold. Then decide if the sentences are true or false.
- If a person is injured after an accident, you shouldn’t move them.
- 15% of adults in Britain are disabled.
- 75% of the world’s population is allergic to pollen.
- People who climb mountains become exhausted because there is too much air at high altitude.
- People with vertigo feel dizzy when they are in a high place.
- there aren’t any poisonous animals in Europe.
- A bite from a tarantula is painful, but it isn’t usually fatal.
- In Britain, a lot of deaf and blind people have got special dogs which help them.
Activate your English
Answer the questions. Then compare your answers.
- Are any of your friends deaf or disabled?
- How do blind people read?
- Is it painful when you visit your denteist?
- Have you ever been injured, exhausted or dizzy?
- Are you allergic to anything?
- Name three poisonous animals in Englis
Reflexive pronouns are formed by adding self (singular) or selves (plural) to my, your, our (possesive adjectives) or him, her, it, them (object pronouns). Let us have a look at them now:
myself
yourself
himself
herself
itself
ourselves
yourselves
themselves
Reflexive pronouns are used to refer back to the subject:
She made this skirt herself. (That is, nobody helped her.)
I cut myself when I was peeling a clove of garlic.
They can also mean "in person" or "personally", or, in other words, they act as intensifiers:
The mayor himself spoke for the abolition of the dealth penalty.
We saw the president himself at the reception. (Please note that himself refers to the president, not to the subject.)
The queen herself was among the demostrators.
If we say that John writes to Mary and that Mary writes to John, we are talking about a reciprocal action. This sort of actions are expressed by each other or one another:
They write to each other / one another once a month.
When the action expressed by the subject falls on other people or things, we employ personal object pronouns: He loves her. However, she may not love him; but if we say that he and Mary love each other, they are both in love. John loves himself means that John loves John, that is to say, himself refers back to John.
myself
yourself
himself
herself
itself
ourselves
yourselves
themselves
Reflexive pronouns are used to refer back to the subject:
She made this skirt herself. (That is, nobody helped her.)
I cut myself when I was peeling a clove of garlic.
They can also mean "in person" or "personally", or, in other words, they act as intensifiers:
The mayor himself spoke for the abolition of the dealth penalty.
We saw the president himself at the reception. (Please note that himself refers to the president, not to the subject.)
The queen herself was among the demostrators.
If we say that John writes to Mary and that Mary writes to John, we are talking about a reciprocal action. This sort of actions are expressed by each other or one another:
They write to each other / one another once a month.
When the action expressed by the subject falls on other people or things, we employ personal object pronouns: He loves her. However, she may not love him; but if we say that he and Mary love each other, they are both in love. John loves himself means that John loves John, that is to say, himself refers back to John.
Exercises:
A. Fill in the gaps as appropriate.
2. The pop star __________ attended the wedding ceremony, as she had promised.
3. I sent __________ a letter, but she hasn't replied to __________ yet.
4. We send letters to __________ regularly. I get on very well with __________. She's, in fact, my best friend.
5. We looked at __________ in amazement, but we didn't say anything.
6. Make __________ at home, John. I'll be right back.
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