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Spell Bee Word: myself


Basic Details

Word: Myself

Part of Speech: Pronoun

Meaning: The word I use for me when I am both the one doing an action and the one it is done to (I hurt myself), or to stress that I did it alone (I made it myself).

How to Spell Myself

Syllables: my - self

Tricky part: It starts with my, not mi or me, and self follows straight on with no space.

Watch out for: miself, myslef, mysef

Memory tip: It is my + self, the self that belongs to me. Herself and himself work the same way.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. by myself: alone, or without anyone's help. Example: "I cooked the whole dinner by myself."

Usage Examples

Example 1: I cut myself while peeling the mangoes.

Example 2: I repaired the puncture myself, without asking my brother.

Example 3: Sometimes I talk to myself while solving a hard sum.

Fun Fact

Grammar books warn against using myself in place of I or me, as in 'Riya and myself went to the market'. The correct form there is Riya and I.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) somthing
b) myself
c) everyboddy
d) anywere

Show answer

b) myself. Myself is spelt right; the others should be everybody, something and anywhere.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

I made the birthday card miself, using old buttons, coloured paper and a little glitter from my sister's craft box.

a) glitter
b) coloured
c) miself
d) birthday

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c) miself. This pronoun begins with my, as in my book: myself.

Mingle-Mangle

Unjumble the word in the sentence and choose it:

I taught fysmle to swim during the summer holidays.

a) itself
b) himself
c) myself
d) mislead

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c) myself. Six letters with a y and an f give myself; himself and itself would need an h or a t.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Choose the correct sentence.

a) Myself hurt on the swing.
b) Me hurt myself on the swing.
c) I hurt myself on the swing.
d) I hurt me on the swing.

Show answer

c) I hurt myself on the swing.

2. Myself is a ____ pronoun.

a) possessive
b) relative
c) interrogative
d) reflexive

Show answer

d) reflexive

Associated Words

omissionintensivepersistentknowingduration
writtenexplicitpromisedseldomprediction

Next steps

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