Grammar: Reflexive pronouns and the past continuous

We use reflexive pronouns when the action affects the same subject who performs it.

• I love myself.
• You put yourself in danger.
• He looks at himself.

When a person does something on their own:

• I myself did all these things.
• She did the project by herself.

Past Continuous
We use the past continuous to describe things that were happening at a specific moment in the past:

• + Subject + verb be in past + verb ing + complement. She was walking when she saw herself in the mirror.
• - Subject + verb be in past + not + verb ing + complement. They weren’t cooking when the food burned.
• ? Wh + verb be in past + subject + verb ing + complement + ?