Unit 83. A friend of mine, my own house. On my own / by myself
Unit 83; Part A
A friend of mine / a friend of Tom's etc.We say '(a friend) of mine/yours/his/hers/ours/theirs':
• I'm going to a wedding on Saturday. A friend of mine is getting married. (not a friend of me)
• We went on holiday with some friends of ours. (not some friends of us)
• Michael had an argument with a neighbour of his.
• It was a good idea of yours to go to the cinema.
In the same way we say '(a friend) of my sister's / (a friend) of Tom's' etc. :
• That woman over there is a friend of my sister's.
• It was a good idea of Tom's to go to the cinema.
Unit 83; Part B
| My own ... / your own ... etc. We use my/your/his/her/its/our/their before own: my own house your own car her own room (not an own house, an own car etc.) My own ... / your own ... etc. = something that is only mine/yours, not shared or borrowed: • I don't want to share a room with anybody. I want my own room. • Vicky and George would like to have their own house. • It's a pity that the flat hasn't got its own parking space. • It's my own fault that I've got no money. I buy too many things I don't need. • Why do you want to borrow my car? Why don't you use your own? (= your own car) You can also use own to say that you do something yourself instead of somebody else doing it for you. For example:  |
Unit 83; Part C
| On my own / by myself On my own and by myself both mean 'alone'.We say:  |
| • I like living on my own / by myself. • 'Did you go on holiday on your own / by yourself?' 'Nо, with a friend.' • David was sitting on his own / by himself in a corner of the cafe. • Learner drivers are not allowed to drive on their own / by themselves. |
Exercises
Write new sentences with the same meaning.Change the underlined words and use the structure in Section A (afriend of mine etc.).Key.2 We met a relative of yours.
3 Henry borrowed a book of mine.
4 ... some friends of hers to her flat.
5 ... with a neighbour of ours.
6 ... with two friends of mine.
7 Is that man a friend of yours?
8 I met a friend of Jane's at the party.
| 1 I am meeting one of my friends tonight. 2 We met one of your relatives. 3 Henry borrowed one of my books. 4 Liz invited some of her friends to her flat. 5 We had dinner with one of our neighbours. 6 I went on holiday with two of my friends. 7 Is that man one of your friends? 8 I met one of Jane's friends at the party. | I'm meeting a friend of mine tonight. We met a ___________________________ Henry ______________________________ Liz _________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ |
Complete the sentences using my own / your own etc. + the following:Key.2 his own opinions
3 her own business
4 its own (private) beach
5 our own words
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 We stayed at a luxury hotel by the sea. The hotel had ___________________.
5 In the test we had to read a story, and then write it in ___________________.
Complete the sentences using my own / your own etc.Key.2 your own fault
3 her own ideas
4 your own problems
5 his own decisions
1 Why do you want 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. You've got ____________________________?
5 I can't make his decisions for him. He must make ____________________________?
Complete the sentences using my own / your own etc. Use the following verbs:Key.2 makes her own clothes
3 bake/make our own bread
4 writes his own songs
bake |
He cuts his own hair .
2 Mary doesn't often buy clothes.
She usually ___________________.
3 We don't often buy bread.
We usually ___________________.
4 Paul is a singer.
He sings songs written by other people, but he also ___________________.
Complete the sentences using on my own / by myself etc.Key.2 my own
3 myself
4 himself
5 themselves
6 herself
7 their own
8 yourself
9 our own
10 her own
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 _____________.
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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