Avoiding repetition – C answers
1 his … his … him
Guy appeared in the doorway looking perfectly innocent, with his overtime claim-sheet in his hand, and seemed surprised as everyone looked at him in some disbelief.
2 ours
If your bathroom is out of use this week you’re welcome to use ours
NB The pronunciation of use as a noun and use as a verb is different.
Noun: jui:s
Verb: juiz
3 it … she … her … (she could be omitted) …him
Jennifer opened the door. The postman had been trying to get someone to answer it for nearly ten minutes but she had been upstairs listening to her CDs and (she) hadn’t heard him at all.
4 so has Mary Jones
Mr Richards has moved house to Reading and so has Mary Jones.
5 their ….. he
She told Terry and Sandra it was no wonder their son was overtired – he always went to bed so late.
6 My cousin is a builder. His father was a builder and so was his father before him.
7 will
If you don’t want to help out at the village barbecue there are plenty of other people who will.
8 his … hers
We’ve been looking at these matching towels in John Lewis’s. They have these rather nice his and hers sets.