A friend of mine My own house On my own / by myself

Unit 81 - I E G - A friend of mine     My own house    On my own / by myself

81.1

1. I am writing to a friend of mine.

2. We met a relation of yours.

3. Henry borrowed a book of mine.

4. Ann invited some friends of hers to her flat.

5. We had dinner with a neighbor 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.

81.2

1. I don’t want to share a room. I want my own room.

2. I don’t watch television with the rest of the family. I’ve got my own television in my room.

3. Sue doesn’t need to borrow from me. She’s got her own money.

4. Julia is fed up with working for other people. She wants to start her own business.

5. Henry is extremely rich. He’s got his own private jet.

6. You can give him advice but he won’t listen. He’s got his own ideas.

7. The Isle of Man is an island off the coast of Britain. It is not completely independent but it has its own parliament.

81.3

1. Why do you want to borrow my car? Why can’t you use your own car?

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

3. He’s always using my ideas. Why can’t he use his own ideas?

4. Please don’t worry about my problems. You’ve got your own problems.

5. I can’t make her decisions for her. She must take her own decisions.

81.4

1. Brian never goes to a hairdresser. He usually cuts his own hair.

2. Mary doesn’t often buy clothes. She usually makes her own clothes.

3. Paul is a singer. He sings songs written by other people but he also writes his own songs.

4. We don’t often buy bread from a bakery. We bake our own bread.

81.5

1. Did you go on holiday on your own?

2. I’m glad I live with other people. I wouldn’t like to live on my own.

3. The box was too heavy to lift by myself.

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

5. Very young children should not go swimming by themselves.

6. I don’t think she knows many people. When I see her, she is always by herself.

7. I don’t like strawberries with cream. I like them on their own.

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

9. We had no help decorating the flat. We did it completely on our own.

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

 

  

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