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 friends tonight. ________
2) We met one of your relatives. We met a ________
3) Jason borrowed one of 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 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 ambitions to travel round the world.
________ to travel round the world.
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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 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 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 own / your own etc.
1) Why do you want to borrow car? Why don't you ________?
2) How can you blame me? it's not fault. It's ________ .
3) She's always using ideas. Why can't she use ________?
4) Please don't worry about problems. You've got ________ .
5) I can't make his decisions for him. He must make ________ .
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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 own / yourown 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 ________
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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 own / self 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 ________ .
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1 your own
2 own
3 self
4 himself
5 themselves
6 herself
7 their own
8 yourself
9 our own
10 her own
