Grammar Warm-up – Part 88

.Use a double possessive construction for the pronouns in parentheses

. _______ (N1. Any friend (you) _______ is a friend (I
.N2. An old classmate (he) _______ is coming to dinner
.N3. A neighbor (us) _______ likes to gossip a great deal
. _______ (N4. I can understand why they’re so proud of that son (they
.N5. A good customer (he) _______ died recently
. _______ (N6. Some papers (you) _______ got mixed in with some notes (I
.N7. Almost no friends (they) _______ came to the funeral
.N8. Many patients (he) _______ stopped coming to him after he raised his fees
.N9. Those jade carvings (they) _______ are worth a fortune

: ANSWERS

N1. Of yours/of mine
N2. Of his
N3. Of ours
N4. Of theirs
N5. Of his
N6. Of yours/ of mine
N7. Of theirs
N8. Of his
N9. Of theirs