An idea of yours, perhaps? A1

By Rosamund Place | February 2, 2017

We say ‘a friend of mine / yours / his / hers / ours / theirs‘ not ‘a friend of me / you / him’ etc.

We stayed in Henley last weekend. A friend of mine has a caravan there. (not a friend of me)
We’re going walking with some friends of ours. (not some friends of us).
Tom ‘phoned up an acquaintance of his.
Carol and Brad had an argument with some neighbours of theirs.
It was a good idea of yours to see this film – I’ve enjoyed it.

In the same way we say ‘a friend of Geoff’s‘, ‘a necklace of my aunt’s‘ etc

It was a suggestion of Geoff’s that made me try waterski-ing.
Mr Bradley is a close friend of my aunt’s.

Can you rewrite these sentences using this structure?

Please do not become too disappointed if you seem to have your correct answers marked wrong – there is a bit of a blip (mistake) on this exercise at the moment! We’re getting back to it!

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1. [Text]

She’s gone away with two of her work colleagues.

Answers for Quiz [1].

1. She’s gone away with two work colleagues of hers. (correct)

2. [Text]

Chris wants to borrow a couple of my books.

Answers for Quiz [2].

1. Chris wants to borrow a couple of books of mine. (correct)

3. [Text]

I’m looking for a present for one of my friends.

Answers for Quiz [3].

1. I’m looking for a present for a friend of mine. (correct)

4. [Text]

It was Barbara’s idea to have a picnic.

Answers for Quiz [4].

1. It was an idea of Barbara’s to have a picnic. (correct)

5. [Text]

We had a meal out with some of Roger’s relatives.

Answers for Quiz [5].

1. We had a meal out with some relatives of Roger’s. (correct)

6. [Text]

I met one of your flatmates last Saturday.

Answers for Quiz [6].

1. I met a flatmate of yours last Saturday. (correct)

7. [Text]

You should get your car checked.

Answers for Quiz [7].

1. You should get that car of yours checked. (correct)

8. [Text]

Was it your idea to join a gym?

Answers for Quiz [8].

1. Was it an idea of yours to join a gym? (correct)

9. [Text]

Going to Greece was a bizarre idea they had.

Answers for Quiz [9].

1. Going to Greece was a bizarre idea of theirs. (correct)

10. [Text]

I don’t think much of her poems.

Answers for Quiz [10].

1. I don’t think much of these poems of hers. (correct)