Verbs – Reflexive Verbs – part 2 (other tenses and usages)

Summary of contents – Lesson 19

1-     Taking the general formation rules used to formulate reflexive verbs as illustrated with the present simple tense in ‘Reflexive verbs part 1’ and applying them to other tenses.

2-     How reflexive pronouns may be positioned differently when used with gerunds, tenses such as the infinitive and other verb constructions.

3-     When reflexive verbs are commonly used in conversation. Certain descriptions, passive sentences, impersonal expressions and how they can be used to mean ‘each other’.

Aims of the lesson

1-     Being able to formulate reflexive verb constructions in multiple tenses.

2-     Understanding how reflexive pronouns in certain verb constructions can be placed either before or after the verb that they relate to. Sometimes there is no choice!

3-     To build knowledge of when reflexive verbs are used in conversation. Recognising common sentence structures and knowing which types of sentences in English are formed using reflexive verbs in Spanish.

4-     A sound understanding of the reflexive pronoun ‘se’. How it can be used to alter meaning, depending on the structure of the sentence it is used with.