Re-word the following sentences.

Examples: a) He is my cousin. => He is a cousin of mine.

b) They are friends of ours. => They are our friends

c) These are not my books, they are yours. => These are your books, they aren’t mine.

1. She is their relative. 2. He’s her friend. 3. We are former students of yours. 4. She is his niece. 5. I’m a colleague of theirs. 6. They are her pupils. 7. She is a neighbor of ours. 8. He is a former school-friend of hers. 9. We are his students. 10. Mind your own business and I’ll mind mine. 11. Today is their birthday. You know they are twins. 12. My sister likes much sugar in her tea but I like little in mine. 13. He is our friend. 14. He can live without my help but not without theirs. 15. It is his plan.

Choose the correct form of pronouns in brackets.

1. What color is the shirt? It is so far that I can’t see (it’s/ its/ it) color. 2. They rarely drive to (their/ them/ theirs) office. They live near (it’s/ it/ its). 3. Look at (me/ mine/ my) new watch. Do you like (it/ them/ its)? 4. These books are (her/ hers/ she). Give (them/ their/ theirs) to (hers/ she/ her). 5. Do you like (you/ your/ yours) new car? – Oh, (it’s/ it/ its) has never let me down yet. 6. (Theirs/ Their/ Them) work is much more difficult than (you/ yours/ your) or (me/ mine/ my). 7. Why are (you/ your/ yours) sitting here? It is not (you/ your/ yours) desk, it is (me/ mine/ my). 8. This tape recorder of (her/ hers/ she) is always out of order. – But so is (you/ your/ yours)! 9. She has not read a line of (you/ your/ yours), how can she criticize (you/ your/ yours) books? 10. The clock has stopped. Something may be wrong with (it’s/ it/ its) spring. 11. (We/ Our/ Ours) was the last turn. 12. (Their/ Theirs/ Them) knowledge of French is much better than (me/ I/ mine). 13. He is a friend of (us/ our/ ours). (He/ His/ Him) house is opposite (us/ our/ ours). 14. If these gloves are neither (she/ her/ hers) nor (you/ your/ yours), then they should be (me/ my/ mine). 15. He can live without (me/my/ mine) help but not without (them/ their/ theirs).

Fill in the blanks with the words where necessary.

A. myself B. himself C. herself

D. itself E. yourself F. ourselves

G. themselves H. –

1. John, be careful! Don’t hurt _______with the hammer. 2. Children, help ______ to sweets and juice. 3. We didn’t know who that man was. He hadn’t introduced ______. 4. All my friends enjoyed ______ at my birthday party. 5. When do you feel ______ glad? 6. When my sister was making a pudding she burnt ______ on the oven. 7. It is convenient to have an automatic cooker. It turns ______ on and off. 8. Relax ______ when you dance. 9. My father always repairs his car ______. 10. My grandparents grow their vegetables ______. 11. Take the towel and dry ______. it’s windy, you may catch cold. 12. We usually paint the house ______. 13. His mother never cleans the windows in their house ______. 14. We haven’t decided yet where we’d meet ______. 15. Who went with her? – Nobody. She went by ________.

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