1. Finish the sentences.

1. It’s your money. It’s .....................

2. It’s my bag. It’s .....................

3. It’s our car. It’s .....................

4. They’re her shoes. They’re .....................

5. It’s their house. It’s .....................

6. They’re your books. They’re .....................

7. They’re my glasses. They’re .....................

8. It’s his coat. It’s .....................

2. Choose the right word.

1. It’s their / theirs problems, 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.

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.

3. Finish these sentences. Use friend(s) of mine / yours etc.

1. I went to the cinema with a .....................

2. They went on holiday with some .....................

3. She’s going out with a friend .....................

4. We had dinner with some .....................

5. I played tennis with a .....................

6. Tom is going to meet a .....................

7. Do you know those people? Are they .....................

4. Write new sentences using the structure a friend of mine.

Example: We met one of your relations. – We met a relation of yours.

1. I am writing to one of my friends......................

2. Henry borrowed one of my books. .....................

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

4. We had dinner with one of our neighbours.

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

6. Is that man one of your friends?

7. I met one of Jane’s friends at the party.

5. Put in pronouns.

1. Where’s Ann? Have you seen .....................?

2. Where are my keys? Where did I put .....................?

3. This letter is for Bill. Can you give it to .....................?

4. We wrote to John but he didn’t answer ..................... letter.

5. ‘I can’t find my pen.. can I use .....................?’ ‘Yes, of course.’

6. We’re going to the cinema. Why don’t you come with .....................?

7. Did your sister pass .....................exams?

8. Some people talk about ..................... jobs all the time.

9. Last night I went out for a meal with a friend of .....................

Possessive case

I stayed at my sister’s house.

Have you met Mr Kelly’s wife?

Are you going to James’s party?

Paul is a man’s name. Paula is a woman’s name.

Where’s the manager’s office?

What colour are Sarah’s eyes?

Mary’s hair is longer than Ann’s.

‘Whose umbrella is this?’ ‘It’s my mother’s.’

‘Where were you last night?’ ‘I was at Paul’s.’

This isn’t my book. It’s my brother’s.

What is the name of the man who gave us the money?

Look at the roof of that building.

We didn’t see the beginning of the film.

What’s the name of this village?

Do you know the cause of the problem?

You can sit in the back of the car.

Madrid is the capital of Spain.

The door of the garage – the garage door / the owner of the restaurant – the restaurant owner

The government’s decision = the decision of the government

The company’s success = the success of the company

The city’s new theatre / the world’s population / Italy’s largest city

Have you still got yesterday’s newspaper?

Nest weed’s meeting has been cancelled.

I’ve got a week’s holiday starting on Monday.

My friend’s house = one friend (his or her house) – my friends’ house = two or more friends (their house)

The men’s changing room / a children’s book

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