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Spell Bee Word: ourself


Basic Details

Word: Ourself

Part of Speech: Pronoun

Meaning: A rare form of ourselves, used by one person who speaks as we, such as a king or queen. In everyday English we say ourselves.

How to Spell Ourself

Syllables: our - self

Tricky part: It is our + self joined with nothing in between and no e at the end. Students who say it quickly sometimes write owerself.

Watch out for: ourselfe, ourslef, owerself

Memory tip: Two small words make it: our and self. Write our, then self, and stop.

Usage Examples

Example 1: 'We shall see to it ourself,' announced the old king in our school play.

Example 2: Most writers today would write ourselves, not ourself.

Example 3: Ourself is listed in dictionaries, but it is marked as rare.

Fun Fact

Shakespeare's Macbeth tells his lords, 'We will keep ourself till supper-time alone' - a king using we and ourself to mean I and myself.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) grasshoper
b) fingernial
c) ourself
d) bluebery

Show answer

c) ourself. Our and self join without change, while blueberry needs two r's, grasshopper two p's, and fingernail ends in ail.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

ourselfe

a) e
b) s
c) u
d) f

Show answer

a) e. Self has no e at the end, so neither does ourself.

Mingle-Mangle

Unjumble the letters to find the word that fits the sentence:

'We have decided this fleruso,' declared the queen.

a) ourself
b) oneself
c) ourselves
d) yourself

Show answer

a) ourself. Yourself has a y and ourselves has a v; the seven letters given make ourself.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which word would most people use today in place of ourself?

a) myself
b) ourselves
c) themselves
d) herself

Show answer

b) ourselves

2. Ourself is usually heard from ____.

a) a group of friends chatting
b) a king or queen speaking as we
c) a teacher marking books
d) two teams after a match

Show answer

b) a king or queen speaking as we

Associated Words

substantivesuggestivepronounformerlyherself
patientlyescapedmemorandumdefamationexcitedly

Next steps

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