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Unit
Exercises 83

83.1 Change the underlined words and use the structure … of mine/yours etc.
1 I’m meeting one of my friends tonight. I’m meeting a friend of mine tonight.
2 We met one of your relatives. We met a
3 Jason borrowed one of my books. Jason borrowed
4 I met Lisa and some of her friends. I met Lisa and
5 We had dinner with one of our neighbours. We had dinner with
6 I went on holiday with two of my friends. I went on holiday with
7 I met one of Amy’s friends at the party. I met at the party.
8 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. + the following:
bathroom business opinions private beach words
1 I share a kitchen, but I have my own bathroom .
2 Gary doesn’t think like me. He has .
3 Julia doesn’t want to work 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 .
83.3 Complete the sentences using my own / your own etc.
1 Why do you need to borrow my car? Why don’t you use your own car ?
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. I’m sure you have .
5 I can’t make his decisions for him. He has to make .

83.4 Complete the sentences using my own / your own etc. Use the verbs in brackets.
1 Paul never goes to a barber. He cuts his own hair . (cut)
2 Helen doesn’t often buy clothes. She likes to . (make)
3 I’m not going to clean your shoes. You can . (clean)
4 We don’t often buy bread. We usually . (bake)
5 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. or myself/yourself etc.
1 Did you go on holiday on your own ?
2 The box was too heavy for me to lift by .
3 We had no help decorating the apartment. We did it completely on .
4 Very young children should not go swimming by .
5 ‘Who was Tom with when you saw him?’ ‘Nobody. He was by .’
6 I don’t like strawberries with cream. I like them on .
7 Do you like working with other people or do you prefer working by ?
8 I went out with Sally because she didn’t want to go out on .

83.6 Are these sentences OK? Correct them where necessary.
1 Katherine would like to have the own house. ... to have her own house.
2 Sam and Chris are colleagues of me.
3 I was scared. I didn’t want to go out by my own.
4 In my last job I had own office.
5 He must be lonely. He’s always with himself.
6 My parents have gone away with some friends of them.
7 Are there any countries that produce all own food?

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