A FRIEND OF + POSSESSIVE
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A FRIEND OF + POSSESSIVE is used as an idiomatic expression to mean that the person is
your friend, but not your ONLY friend. “A friend of mine” means “one of my many friends”.
Study these examples below:
Jack ate lunch with his friend.
Jack ate lunch with a friend of his.
Max is my friend.
Max is a friend of mine.
Sam has a friend. I ate dinner with Sam’s friend.
I ate dinner with a friend of Sam’s.
YOUR TURN: Rewrite the sentences using A FRIEND OF + POSSESSIVE.
Example: Sara is Jane’s friend.
Sara is a friend of Jane’s
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1. The teacher has a friend. You met the teacher’s friend.
I met_______________________________________________________________________________________
2. Steve has a friend who lives in Denver. He wrote a letter to that friend.
Steve______________________________________________________________________________________
3. Jane has some friends. She always talks to them on the phone.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
4. Mr. and Mrs. Lee are friends of your parents.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
5. Peter and John are Marilyn’s friends.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
6. Becky has a friend. I ate lunch with her friend.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
7. Cindy and Bobby have some friends. They often play cards with those people.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
8. You want to introduce me to your friend. (I’d like to introduce you to…)
_________________________________________________________________________________________
Example: I’m a teacher. I teach many students. These are some of my students. I want to introduce them to you.
I’d like to introduce you to some students of mine.
9. I work at TacoLA. I have many coworkers. These are some of my coworkers. I want to introduce them to you.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
10. Frank is a student. He has many classmates. He wants to introduce you to his classmates.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
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A FRIEND OF + POSSESSIVE
An English-Zone.Com Grammar Worksheet
-ANSWER KEY-
A FRIEND OF + POSSESSIVE is used as an idiomatic expression to mean that the person is
your friend, but not your ONLY friend. “A friend of mine” means “one of my many friends”.
Study these examples below:
Jack ate lunch with his friend.
Jack ate lunch with a friend of his.
Max is my friend.
Max is a friend of mine.
Sam has a friend. I ate dinner with Sam’s friend.
I ate dinner with a friend of Sam’s.
YOUR TURN: Rewrite the sentences using A FRIEND OF + POSSESSIVE.
Example: Sara is Jane’s friend.
Sara is a friend of Jane’s
.
1. The teacher has a friend. You met the teacher’s friend.
I met a friend of
the teacher’s.
.
2. Steve has a friend who lives in Denver. He wrote a letter to that friend.
Steve wrote a letter to a friend of his in Denver.
.
3. Jane has some friends. She always talks to them on the phone.
Jane always talks to friends of hers on the phone.
.
4. Mr. and Mrs. Lee are friends of your parents.
Mr. And Mrs. Lee are friends of your parents’
.
5. Peter and John are Marilyn’s friends.
Peter and John are friends of Marilyn’s.
.
6. Becky has a friend. I ate lunch with her friend.
I ate lunch with a friend of Becky’s.
.
7. Cindy and Bobby have some friends. They often play cards with those people.
Jane always talks to friends of hers on the phone.
.
8. You want to introduce me to your friend. (I’d like to introduce you to…)
I’d like to introduce you to a friend of mine.
.
Example: I’m a teacher. I teach many students. These are some of my students. I want to introduce them to you.
I’d like to introduce you to some students of mine.
.
9. I work at TacoLA. I have many coworkers. These are some of my coworkers. I want to introduce them to you.
I’d like to introduce you to some coworkers of mine.
.
10. Frank is a student. He has many classmates. He wants to introduce you to his classmates.
Frank wants to introduce me to some classmates of his.
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