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The Possessive Case of Noun

Exercise 1 Paraphrase the following using the possessive case.

Example: The son of our manager — our manager's son

A 1) the house of Mr. Smith;

2) a doll of the girls;

3) the works of Rembrandt;

4) a toy of the baby;

5) a meeting of the employees;

6) the bags of those women;

7) the orders of our boss;

8) the books of the children;

9) the cottage of my parents;

10) a garage of her cousin.

В 1) coal deposits of the world;

2) the influence of the sun;

3) the atmosphere of the earth;

4) the joys and grieves of life;

5) the arrival of the ship;

6) icy mountains of Greenland;

7) the policy of the company;

8) gold reserves of Russia;

9) the gravitation of the planet;

10) the decisions of the commission.

С 1) the mother of Kate and Mary; 2) the children of my aunt Ann; 3) the paintings by Picasso and Dali; 4) the gun of the commander-in-chief; 5) the times of Ivan the Terrible; 6) the speech of the Minister of Foreign Trade; 7) the correspondent of the Herald Tribune; 8) a flat of my father-in-law; 9) the wives of Henry the Eighth; 10) oil wells of Saudi Arabia.

D 1) a cruise which lasts three weeks; 2) work which takes two hours; 3) a distance of five kilometres; 4) the operation which lasted four hours; 5) the flight which took three hours; 6) a semester of eight weeks; 7) the rest which lasted an hour; 8) a play of three acts; 9) a football match which lasts ninety minutes; 10) a telephone conversation which lasts three minutes.

Exercise 2 Choose the correct alternative.

1. My (parent’s, parents’, parent) son is my brother.

2. You can buy it at the (chemists’, chemist’s, chemist).

3. What did he say about (tomorrow’s, tomorrows, tomorrow) weather?

4. This is my (children’s, childrens’) room.

5. (Peter and Helen’s, Peter’s and Helen’s) flat is on the second floor.

6. – My son painted these landscapes. – I know, I particularly like (this picture of your son, this picture of your son’s, this picture of the son of yours).

7. (Tess’s, Tesses’, Tess’es) mother doesn’t allow her to stay long outside.

8. In stressing her (mother’s-in-law, mother-in-law’s, mother’s-in-law’s) peasant origin she found it easier to disregard her.

9. – Who was it? – It was (a student of Mrs.Grey, a student of Mrs.Grey’s, Mrs.Grey’s a student).

10. What is (the title of the novel I lent you yesterday, the novel’s title I lent you yesterday, the novel’s I lent you yesterday title)?

Exercise 3 Add s / 's / s ' where necessary.

1. Student grades depend on their tests. 2. Charles met Helen at my parents house. 3. We all went to Charles wedding. 4. The Brown painted their cottage green. 5. The Brown cottage is shining like a new pin. 6. The juror gave a fair verdict. 7. The juror verdict was fair. 8. Tedd is driving someone else car today. 9. Let's drop in at "The Smith". 10. Women fashions change more frequently than men. 11. Their house stood on the water edge. 12. The sun rays give us light, warmth and energy. 13. Last night game was something. 14.1 need some children toys for my small nephew. 15. By going to the sale I hope to get my money worth. 16. His work was much better than many other student works. 17. Frederick was satisfied with his semester work.

Exercise 3 Choose the singular or plural nouns from the given list and fill in the blanks using the possessive forms.

Example: A ... home is his castle. (man) –A man's home is his castle.

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Date: 2015-12-17; view: 1543