The Alien Hand - Textbook Questions
Tilloo managed to get hold of his father's security card while his father was napping. He used the card to open the metal door to the passage.
He hoped to see the sun (if it was day) or the stars (if it was night), which he had only heard about.
They saw a dot on the radar screen that wasn't a star. It was moving towards the planet. It was an alien spacecraft.
The mechanical hand emerged from the spacecraft and touched the soil to collect samples.
Tilloo pressed the red button on the control panel, which made the mechanical hand stop working and go limp.
Wren & Martin Grammar: Reflexive and Emphatic Pronouns - Illustrations
1. I hurt myself. (Reflexive)
2. I myself saw him. (Emphatic)
3. She blamed herself. (Reflexive)
They enjoyed themselves at the party.
Wren & Martin Grammar Rules: Reflexive and Emphatic Pronouns
When the action done by the subject turns back typically upon the subject. (I hurt myself).
Used for emphasis. (I myself did it).