ABSOLUTE POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

ABSOLUTE �POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

ABSOLUTE �POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

We use my/your,… + a noun (my hands/your book):

• My hands are cold.
• Is this your book?

We use mine/yours,… without a noun:

• Is this book mine or yours? (=my book or your book)

- I didn’t have an umbrella, so Ann gave me hers.

ABSOLUTE �POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

A friend of mine/ a friend of his/ some friends of yours etc.

• I went to meet a friend of mine. (not ‘a friend of me’)
• It was a good idea of yours to go swimming

this afternoon.

In the same way we say:

- It was a good idea of Tom’s to go swimming.

Write the new sentences using the structure ‘a friend of mine’

1. We met one of your relations.

We met a relation of yours.

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2. Henry borrowed one of my books.

Henry borrowed a book of mine.

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3. Ann invited some of her friends to her flat.

Ann invited some friends of hers to her flat.

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Write the new sentences using the structure ‘a friend of mine’

4. We had dinner with one of our neighbours.

We had dinner with a neighbour of ours.

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5. I went on holiday with two of my friends.

I went on holiday with two friends of mine.

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6. Is that man one of your friends?

Is that man a friend of yours?

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Choose the right word

1. It’s their/theirs problem, not our/ours.
2. This is a nice camera. Is it you/yours?
3. That’s not my/mine umbrella. My/mine is black.
4. Whose books are these? Your/Yours or my/mine?
5. Catherine is going out with her/hers friends this evening.

Choose the right word

6. My/mine room is bigger than her/hers.

7. They’ve got two children but I don’t know their/theirs names.

8. Can we use your washing machine? Our/Ours is broken.