A friend of mine, my own house Exercises

UNIT 77  A friend of mine, my own house  Exercises

77.1   Write new sentences using the structure in section a (a friend of mine, etc.).

Example: I am writing to one of my friends. I'm writing to a friend of mine.

1.   We met one of your relatives. We met a_______________________________

2.   Henry borrowed one of my books. Henry_______________________________________

3.   Tom invited some of his friends to his apartment. Tom ______________________________________

4.   We had dinner with one of our neighbors. ____________________________________________________

5.   Ann is in love with one of her colleagues.________________________________________________________

6.   They went on vacation with two of their friends. ______________________________________________

7.   I just saw one of your teachers.  ___________________________________________________________

8.   We're spending the weekend with one of our friends. _________________________________________

9.   We met one of Jane's friends. We met_______________________________________________________

77.2   Make sentences from the words in parentheses ( . . . ). Each time use my own/your own, etc.

Example: I don't want to share a room (want/have/room) I want to have my own room.

1.   I don't watch television with the rest of the family. (have/television/in my bedroom) I have __________________________________________________________ in my bedroom.

2.   Jack and Bill are fed up with working for other people. (want/start/business)
They______________________________________________________________________

3.   Henry is extremely rich. (have/private jet) He__________________________________________

4.   The Isle of Man is an island off the coast of Britain. It is not completely independent but it (have/parliament and laws)______________________________________________________

5.   At the moment we're living in an apartment, but we're saving our money. (want/ buy/house) We_______________________________________________________________________________

6.   You can give her advice, but she won't listen. (have lideas) She___________________________________

7.   He's worked for the company for 10 years, but _____________________________________________(not/have/office) He shares one with a colleague.                       


77.3   Now complete these sentences using my own your own, etc.

Examples: Why do you want to borrow my car? Why can't you use your own car?
Ann never goes to the hairdresser. She cuts her own hair

1.   Don't blame me. It's not my fault. It's_____________________________________________________

2.   He's always smoking my cigarettes. Why doesn't he buy________________________________?

3.   Why do you want my pen? Can't you use___________________________________________________?

4.   I don't often buy clothes. I usually make ___________________________________________________

5.   Nobody cooks Don's meals for him. He has to cook_____________________________________________

6.   She doesn't buy ready-made cigarettes. She rolls_________________________________________________

7.   She doesn't need to borrow money from me. She has_____________________________________________