Exercises

Unit 83 · a friend of mine my own house on my own / by myself

83.1

Change the underlined words and use the structure … of mine / yours etc

1I’m meeting one of my friends tonight. I’m meeting a friend of mine tonight.(Example)

We met one of your relatives. We met a

Jason borrowed one of my books. Jason borrowed

I met Lisa and some of her friends. I met Lisa and

We had dinner with one of our neighbours. We had dinner with

I went on holiday with two of my friends. I went on holiday with

I met one of Amy’s friends at the party. I met at the party.

It’s always been one of my ambitions to It’s always been travel round the world. to travel round the world.

83.2

Complete the sentences using my own / our own etc

Completethesentencesusingmyown/ourownetc.+thefollowing:bathroombusinessopinionsprivatebeachwords

1I share a kitchen, but I have my own bathroom .(Example)

Gary doesn’t think like me. He has .

Julia doesn’t want to work for other people. She wants to start .

In the test we had to read a story, and then write it in .

We stayed at a luxury hotel by the sea. The hotel had .

83.3

Complete the sentences using my own / your own etc

Completethesentencesusingmyown/yourownetc.

1Why do you need to borrow my car? Why don’t you use your own car ?(Example)

How can you blame me? It’s not my fault. It’s .

She’s always using my ideas. Why can’t she use ?

Please don’t worry about my problems. I’m sure you have .

I can’t make his decisions for him. He has to make .

83.4

Complete the sentences using my own / your own etc

Complete the sentences using my ownUse the verbs in brackets

1Paul never goes to a barber. He cuts his own hair . (cut)(Example)

Helen doesn’t often buy clothes. She likes to . (make)

I’m not going to clean your shoes. You can . (clean)

We don’t often buy bread. We usually . (bake)

Jack and Joe are singers. They sing songs written by other people, but they also . (write)

83.5

Complete the sentences using my own / your own etc

Completethesentencesusingmyown/yourownetc.ormyself/yourselfetc.

1Did you go on holiday on your own ?(Example)

The box was too heavy for me to lift by .

We had no help decorating the apartment. We did it completely on .

Very young children should not go swimming by .

‘Who was Tom with when you saw him?’ ‘Nobody. He was by .’

I don’t like strawberries with cream. I like them on .

Do you like working with other people or do you prefer working by ?

I went out with Sally because she didn’t want to go out on .

83.6

Are these sentences OK

Are these sentencesOCorrect them where necessary

1Katherine would like to have the own house. ... to have her own house.(Example)

Sam and Chris are colleagues of me.

I was scared. I didn’t want to go out by my own.

In my last job I had own office.

He must be lonely. He’s always with himself.

My parents have gone away with some friends of them.

Are there any countries that produce all own food?

Theory

Exercises

Unit 83 · a friend of mine my own house on my own / by myself

83.1

Change the underlined words and use the structure … of mine / yours etc

1I’m meeting one of my friends tonight. I’m meeting a friend of mine tonight.(Example)

We met one of your relatives. We met a

Jason borrowed one of my books. Jason borrowed

I met Lisa and some of her friends. I met Lisa and

We had dinner with one of our neighbours. We had dinner with

I went on holiday with two of my friends. I went on holiday with

I met one of Amy’s friends at the party. I met at the party.

It’s always been one of my ambitions to It’s always been travel round the world. to travel round the world.

83.2

Complete the sentences using my own / our own etc

Completethesentencesusingmyown/ourownetc.+thefollowing:bathroombusinessopinionsprivatebeachwords

1I share a kitchen, but I have my own bathroom .(Example)

Gary doesn’t think like me. He has .

Julia doesn’t want to work for other people. She wants to start .

In the test we had to read a story, and then write it in .

We stayed at a luxury hotel by the sea. The hotel had .

83.3

Complete the sentences using my own / your own etc

Completethesentencesusingmyown/yourownetc.

1Why do you need to borrow my car? Why don’t you use your own car ?(Example)

How can you blame me? It’s not my fault. It’s .

She’s always using my ideas. Why can’t she use ?

Please don’t worry about my problems. I’m sure you have .

I can’t make his decisions for him. He has to make .

83.4

Complete the sentences using my own / your own etc

Complete the sentences using my ownUse the verbs in brackets

1Paul never goes to a barber. He cuts his own hair . (cut)(Example)

Helen doesn’t often buy clothes. She likes to . (make)

I’m not going to clean your shoes. You can . (clean)

We don’t often buy bread. We usually . (bake)

Jack and Joe are singers. They sing songs written by other people, but they also . (write)

83.5

Complete the sentences using my own / your own etc

Completethesentencesusingmyown/yourownetc.ormyself/yourselfetc.

1Did you go on holiday on your own ?(Example)

The box was too heavy for me to lift by .

We had no help decorating the apartment. We did it completely on .

Very young children should not go swimming by .

‘Who was Tom with when you saw him?’ ‘Nobody. He was by .’

I don’t like strawberries with cream. I like them on .

Do you like working with other people or do you prefer working by ?

I went out with Sally because she didn’t want to go out on .

83.6

Are these sentences OK

Are these sentencesOCorrect them where necessary

1Katherine would like to have the own house. ... to have her own house.(Example)

Sam and Chris are colleagues of me.

I was scared. I didn’t want to go out by my own.

In my last job I had own office.

He must be lonely. He’s always with himself.

My parents have gone away with some friends of them.

Are there any countries that produce all own food?