INTENSIVE PRONOUNSAnintensive pronounuses refexive pronouns (myself, yourself, himself, herself,itself,ourselves, themselves, yourselves)to add emphasis to the subject of the sentence.That means they do not need to refer to the subject. They can refer to any noun or pronounin the sentence. Examples:1. I made a sandwich for the President himself. The intensive pronoun himself is referring to the noun President which is an object of the preposition. . !y sister herself paid for my popcorn.Here the intensive pronoun herself is referring to sister which is the subject of thesentence. Notice that you could take herself out of the sentence, and it would still make sense. ". #ayden chan$ed the oil himself. (himself emphasi%es Jayen)&. The pro$rammers themselves played the $ame 'efore they released it for 'eta testin$. (themselves emphasi%es pro!rammers)(. I myself prefer the Ateneo )lue *a$les. (myself emphasi%es I)+ince an intensive pronoun is used for emphasis, it is not necessary to the sentence.It doesnot $iveusanynewinformation. ,oucouldta-eout anintensivepronounfromasentence, and the sentence would still ma-e sense.". #ir$le the intensive pronoun in ea$h senten$e %elo&. Example ":.e himself 'rou$ht a $ift for his parents."ns&er: himself 1. /id you yourself ma-e the dinner0 . I myself li-e to ta-e wal-s after 'rea-fast. ". +he herself did a $reat 1o' on settin$ up the party. &. 2eave it alone3 I will do it myself. (. /id you discover that yourself0 4. I myself feel li-e I did a $reat 1o'. 5. They themselves are ready for the $ame. 6. ,ou yourself need to 'e more careful. 7. 8e ourselves made sure to 'e on time. 19. ,ou yourselves can win the $ame. 11. The leader himself 'elieved in his followers. 1. The -ids themselves were excited a'out the :eld trip.'. (or ea$h intensive pronoun liste %elo&) &rite a senten$e. *a+e sure the intensive pronoun as emphasis to the su%,e$t of the senten$e. Example ";himself"ns&er: .e himself 'rou$ht a $ift for his parents. 1. herself centricity>domain>94>pronoun=pac-et=three.pdfRE(-E.IVE vs. INTENSIVE PROUNOUNSAn intensive pronoun is almost identical to a refexive pronoun. It is de:ned as a pronoun thatends inself or selves and pla$es emphasis on its ante$eent. ,ou can tell the diDerence'etween a refexive pronoun and an intensive pronoun easily; Intensive pronouns aren/tessential to a senten$e/s %asi$ meanin!. Enderstandin$ this 'asic diDerence will help toprevent you from confusin$ the two.http;>>www.we'en$lishteacher.com>ms'>FefexivePronouns.pdfhttp;>>www.$in$ersoftware.com>content>$rammarintensivehttp;>>www.en$lishin.answers.yahoo.com>Guestion>index0Gid?996971(9&9&5AAHAIJ$