Exercise 1
Write new sentences with the same meaning. Change the underlined words and use the structure (a friend of mine etc.).
1 I am meeting one of my friends tonight. …………………….
2 We met one of your relatives. We met a …………………….
3 Jason borrowed one of my books. Jason …………………….
4 Lisa invited some of her friends to her flat. Lisa ……………………. to her flat.
5 We had dinner with one of our neighbours. …………………….
6 I went on holiday with two of my friends. …………………….
7 Is that man one of your friends? …………………….
8 I met one of lane’s friends at the party. ……………………. at the party.
9 It’s always been one of my ambitions to travel round the world.
……………………. to travel round the world.
Answers
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1 I’m meeting a friend of mine tonight.
2 We met a relative of yours.
3 Jason borrowed a book of mine.
4 Lisa invited some friends of hers to her flat.
5 We had dinner with a neighbour of ours.
6 I went on holiday with two friends of mine.
7 Is that man a friend of yours?
8 I met a friend of jane’s at the party.
9 It’s always been an ambition of mine (to travel round the world).
Exercise 2
Complete the sentences using my own / our own etc. + the following:
bedroom business opinions private beach words
1 I share a kitchen and bathroom, but I have ……………………. .
2 Gary doesn’t think the same as me. He’s got ……………………. .
3 Julia is fed up with working for other people. She wants to start ……………………. .
4 In the test we had to read a story, and then write it in ……………………. .
5 We stayed at a luxury hotel by the sea. The hotel had ……………………. .
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1 my own bedroom
2 his own opinions
3 her own business
4 our own words
5 its own private beach
Exercise 3
Complete the sentences using my own / your own etc.
1 Why do you want to borrow my car? Why don’t you …………………….?
2 How can you blame me? it’s not my fault. It’s ……………………. .
3 She’s always using my ideas. Why can’t she use …………………….?
4 Please don’t worry about my problems. You’ve got ……………………. .
5 I can’t make his decisions for him. He must make ……………………. .
Answers
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1 use your own car
2 your own fault
3 her own ideas
4 your own problems
5 his own decisions
Exercise 4
Complete the sentences using my own / your own etc. Use the following verbs:
bake clean cut make write
1 Brian never goes to a barber.
He …………………….
2 Helen doesn’t often buy clothes.
She usually …………………….
3 We don’t often buy bread.
We usually …………………….
4 I’m not going to clean your shoes.
You can …………………….
5 Paul and Joe are singers.
They sing songs written by other people, but they also …………………….
Answers
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1 cuts his own hair (cut)
2 makes her own (clothes)
3 bake/make our own (bread)
4 clean your own (shoes)
5 write their own (songs)
Exercise 5
Complete the sentences using my own / myself etc.
1 Did you go on holiday on …………………….?
2 I’m glad I live with other people. I wouldn’t like to live on ……………………. .
3 The box was too heavy for me to lift by ……………………. .
4 ‘Who was Tom with when you saw him?’ ~Nobody. He was by ……………………. .’
5 Very young children should not go swimming by ……………………. .
6 I don’t think she knows many people. When I see her, she is always by ……………………. .
7 I don’t like strawberries with cream. I like them on ……………………. .
8 Do you like working with other people or do you prefer working by …………………….?
9 We had no help decorating the flat. We did it completely on ……………………. .
10 I went out with Sally because she didn’t want to go out on ……………………. .
Answers
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1 your own
2 my own
3 myself
4 himself
5 themselves
6 herself
7 their own
8 yourself
9 our own
10 her own