Posts Tagged ‘Pronouns’
The one and the ones
An exercise using ‘the one’ and ‘the ones’ in different contexts.
Read MoreAn idea of yours, perhaps? A2
Using the structure – of mine / of yours / of his / of hers etc, see if you can work out the logic of these and join the two parts of the sentences.
Read MoreAn idea of yours, perhaps? A1
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…
Read MoreMyself used to emphasise something
Myself / yourself used to emphasise something Sometimes, to emphasise the fact that someone else has not done something, we say you have done it yourself. Eg: Who drove the lorry? I drove it myself. (= nobody else drove it – I did.) At least John always writes his essays himself! (ie no-one else writes…
Read MoreOn my own
On my own = by myself, alone On your own = alone, by yourself. On my / your / his / her / its / our / their own = by myself / yourself / himself / herself / itself / ourselves / yourselves / themselves Home 1. [Match] Try to match these up on…
Read MoreMy own ….
My own, your own etc, and how these are used.
Read MoreThan, as and that – 2
Three little words that can be a problem…..
Read MoreThan, as and that – 1
Three little words that can be a problem
Read MoreWhoever E
whether you ….. or
Read MoreWhoever D
No matter what you do, don’t worry about your English grammar.
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