ONE/ONES

We use one/ones when we do not want to repeat the already mentioned noun.
ONE Refers to the previously mentioned SINGULAR noun
ONES Refers to the previously mentioned PLURAL noun

Examples: I don’t know which skirt I liked most, the yellow one or the blue one.
I’d like to have some apples. I’d like to have the red ones, please!
Fill in the gaps, using one or one
1. There are 5 building blocks on the table. Four pink ones and one yellow .
2. I’d like to try on this suit. Which one? The black one. I don’t like the colour of the other ones.
3. Marcus has got many sweaters but he simply wears the blue one because it’s his favourite.
4. Give me the peppers, please! There are 3 different ones. The green ones, the yellow
Ones or the red ones.
5. Have you already read your book? Which one? The one you have to read until Friday. No, but I’ve
read “Oliver Twist” and “Twisted”, the ones I have to finish until next week.
6. I’ve got some great new CDs. I’ve already listened to the one on my bedside table, but I
haven’t listened to the one next to the CD-player.
7. Can you see the cars over there? The old red one is mine, and the new white one belongs to my
boss.
8. Look at those trousers, I really like them. Which one are you talking about? The blue one
or the black one?.
9. Where are my sweets? Uuups, are you talking about the ones on the table? I’m sorry, I ate
them.
10. Susie, I think you left your workbooks on the kitchen table. No, these are the ones of Jimmy.
11. This magazine doesn’t look very interesting; there is another one on the desk.
12. Are these your shoes? No, the black ones are mine.
13. Ann’s wedding party was a long and happy one.
14. I hope I could borrow a sweater from Tim, but this one fits me quite well.
15. On the desk there are two red pens, and three blue ones.
16. The most poisonous spiders live in Australia, but the biggest ones live in Asia.
17. Frank is going to organize another party, sure it will be bigger than the first one.
18. Most of the questions are difficult, so find the easier ones and do those first.
19. I left my dictionary at home, but I can get one from William.
20. That is my new car, the red one over there.
21. This flowery skirt is better than the blue one.
22. These striped pants are more casual than the checked ones.
23. These green pens are worse than the blue ones.
24. This orange t-shirt is more elegant than the white one.
25. A: Which is your coat? B: The green one.
26. A: Which one is your son? B: The good-looking one.
27. A: What sort of wine do you prefer? B: Red one.
28. A: Who is Simon? B: The one who is married to Lindsey.
29. I don’t like this T-shirt. Please show me another one.
30. I like Austrian music better than the Spanish one.
31. Does John drink Italian wines or Austrian ones?
32. Do you want a big dog or a small one?
33. Mike has got new CDs and old ones.
34. Emma got the orange stone and Sarah the green one.
35. My cat is nicer than the one of John.
36. This is my friend Pete, the other one is his brother.
37. I’m going to buy red glasses and blue ones.
38. I collect stamps. I’ve only got European ones.
39. I’m eating some red apples and some green ones.
40. Which fruit gums should I take? The sour ones or the sweet ones?
41. In which house does he live? In the big oneor the small one.
42. That is my sister’s bike and this is my own one.
43. The post man hates my dog and the other one.