When is it "yourself" versus "yourselves"?

Count the you. Talking to one person: yourself. Talking to a group: yourselves. It's the only pair in the set where the subject word (you) doesn't change, so the sentence has to supply the count, and our items always make it clear.

What's the difference between "themselves" and "them"?

Themselves points back at the doers (they helped themselves); them points at someone else (we helped them). If the doers and the receivers are the same people, the -selves word is right. That little test carries students through every reflexive question.

3rd grade reflexive pronouns

3rd grade reflexive pronouns worksheets

The reflexive set runs myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves. Third graders choose by subject and number and learn that school writing uses himself and themselves, not the dialect forms hisself and theirselves, the classic slip at this stage.

Free printable PDF worksheet, aligned to Common Core L.2.1.c.

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The kind of sentences you'll get

Circle the letter of the -self word that matches the doer.

We built the fort . themselves · ourself · ourselves
Answer: ourselves
Zoe and I mapped the bike route . myself · ourselves · ourself
The vine wrapped around the fence post. itself · herself · theirselves

Every print pulls a new set of sentences at this level, so a make-up test or a second sibling gets a different mix.

What's on a 3rd grade sheet

3rd grade sheets draw from 80 sentences, 10 to a page. All 60 of 2nd grade's sentences are here too, plus 20 more. 2nd grade sheets print 8 to a page.

Some of the answers:

himselfherselfmyselfthemselvesyourselfyourselves

Choose the word. Circle the letter of the -self word that matches the doer. 10 questions per page.

Every version prints on US Letter or A4, with its answer key on the last page.

How to teach this

Say the dialect forms out loud once, on purpose: hisself, theirselves. Naming them as forms that school writing doesn't use works better than hoping students never meet them, because they will. Then push the subtlety: yourself versus yourselves depends on how many people you means, which the sentence context has to reveal.

Watch for: Hisself and theirselves follow the pattern of myself and yourself, and some English dialects use them. Standard English, the kind these sheets practice, uses himself and themselves. One person takes -self, more than one takes -selves: herself, but ourselves.

Common questions about 3rd grade reflexive pronouns

When is it "yourself" versus "yourselves"?: Count the you. Talking to one person: yourself. Talking to a group: yourselves. It's the only pair in the set where the subject word (you) doesn't change, so the sentence has to supply the count, and our items always make it clear.
What's the difference between "themselves" and "them"?: Themselves points back at the doers (they helped themselves); them points at someone else (we helped them). If the doers and the receivers are the same people, the -selves word is right. That little test carries students through every reflexive question.

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Aligned to Common Core L.2.1.c. Reviewed by the One more sheet team. Content version 241, updated October 2026.

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