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ADD THE S OR THE S

1. The men families __________________

1. The mens family. ( exemplu).

2. Those girls friends __________________

3. Her babies toys. __________________

4. The people names __________________

5. Heidi and John son. __________________

1. The books of the men. _________________________

2. The bikes of the women. _________________________

3. The toys of the children. _________________________

4. The shirt of Eli. _________________________

5. The sister of Ana. _________________________

6. The mirror of Karen. _________________________

7. The chair of Silvia. _________________________

8. The wardrobe of Maite. _________________________

9. The ice cream of the children. _________________________

10. The sandwich of Sarah. _________________________

11. The food of the hamster. _________________________

12. The milk of the goat. _________________________

13. The daughter of Johann. _________________________

14. The children of Miguel. _________________________

15. The sisters of Angel. _________________________


16. The house of my aunt. _________________________

17. The bus of Angela. _________________________

18. The bike of Isa. _________________________

19. The car of the family. _________________________

20. The table of Lisa. _________________________

21. The bed of Luis. _________________________

22. The sofa of Carlos. _________________________

23. The bedroom of Cristina. _________________________

24. The suit of David. _________________________

25. The coat of Paul. _________________________

THE POSSESSIVE `S

1. The car of John and Ann. _______________________________

1. John and Anns car.

2. A photo of Peter. _______________________________

3. The book of the women. _______________________________

4. The clock of my brother. _______________________________

5. The bicycle of Carlos. _______________________________

6. The heart of Jos. _______________________________

7. The meeting of yesterday. _______________________________

8. The ears of the cat. _______________________________

9. The cities of France. _______________________________

10. A walk of a mile. _______________________________


11. The car of my brother. _______________________________

12. The dog of John. _______________________________

13. The window of the house. _______________________________

14. The bar of Pepe. _______________________________

15. The shoes of Patrick. _______________________________

16. The wedding of my sister. _______________________________

17. The car of my father. _______________________________

18. The feathers of a bird. _______________________________

19. The idea of his grandparents. _______________________________

20. The number of winners. _______________________________

21. The arrival of the plane. _______________________________

22. This history of England. _______________________________

23. The umbrella of Carmen. _______________________________

24. The letter of Ben. _______________________________

25. The presents of my friend. _______________________________

THE POSSESSIVE `S

1. Do you know where ___________ (Tom) mother lives?

1. Do you know where Toms mother lives?

2. I sit next to ___________ (Peter) desk.

3. That is ___________ (my mother) book.

4. Monica is ___________ (Cristina) sister.

5. Those are ___________ (my uncle) shoes.


6. Where is ___________ (Rasheeda) house?

7. The teacher will return the ___________ (student) tests tomorrow.

8. I saw my ___________ (friend) car yesterday.

9. Where is the ___________ (ladies) restroom?

10. Did you read ___________ (yesterday) newspaper?

11. My ___________ (father) car is yellow.

12. My ___________ (cat) name is Tom.

13. That is ___________ (Candy) house.

14. I like to read ___________(Lawrence) novels.

15. Peter is ___________ (Charles) boss.

COMPLETE THESE SENTENCES WITH THE POSSESSIVE `S AND THE


RIGHT WORD

1a. My brother has got a hamster. Its called Puki.

1. My brothers hamster is called Puki.

b. My brother _______________ is called Puki.

2 a. Angel has got an uncle. Hes in England.

b. Angel _______________ uncle is in England.

3 a. My dad has got a car. Its red.

b. My dad _______________ is red.

4 a. My mum has got some friends from Holland.

b. My mum _______________ are from Holland.

5 a. My uncle has got a blue bike.

b. My uncle _______________ is blue.


6 a. My sister has got an exam on Friday.

b. My sister _______________ is on Friday.

7 a. My sister goes to school in England.

b. My sister _______________ is in England.

8 a. The name of my aunt is Mara.

b. My aunt _______________ is Mara.

9 a. Tara is the sister of Matt.

b. Tara is Matt _______________ .

10 a. Tamara has got brown hair.

b. Tamara _______________ is brown.

REWRITE THESE SENTENCES USING THE POSSESSIVE `S

1. Billys favourite footballer is David Beckham.


______________________________________

1. Billys favourite footballer is David Beckham.

2. Hazels favourite band is Atomic Kittens. ______________________________________

3. Toms Computer is old. ______________________________________

4. My parents car is very old. ______________________________________

5. My best friends names are Milkie and Sarah. ______________________________________

6. My brothers dog is called Lucky. ______________________________________

7. My dads car is blue. ______________________________________

8. My mums sister is my aunt. ______________________________________

9. My dads mum is my grandma. ______________________________________

10. My cousins dad is my uncle. ______________________________________


11. That one is Peters bed. ______________________________________

12. We all like dads cooking. ______________________________________

13. I collect everybodys plate after the meal. ______________________________________

14. There are flies around the horses tail. ______________________________________

15. This is Mar and Evas room. ______________________________________

16. That is Pedros hat. ______________________________________

17. The childrens room is messy. ______________________________________

18. Some peoples houses are bigger than ours. ______________________________________

19. Rats tails are longer than mices tails. ______________________________________

20. Mens voices are deeper than womens voices. ______________________________________

Directions: Change the _______ of _______ phrases into possessive noun phrases using an
apostrophe.

Example: That is the house of David. That is Davids house.

1) This is the shoe of the girl. ____________________________________________.

2) We are at the room of the hotel. ________________________________________.

3) He is the son of Marcus. ______________________________________________.

4) This is the house of Julie and Juan. ______________________________________.

5) Please close the door of the car. ________________________________________.

6) The flowers of the plant are red. ________________________________________.

7) The website of the College is confusing. __________________________________.

8) I want to play the guitar of Ernesto. _____________________________________.

9) Do you want to walk to the side of the river? ______________________________.


10) I want to ride in the car of Bobbie. __________________

1. Tom has got green eyes. Tom eyes are green.

2. Mr. Smith has got a red car. Mr. Smith car is red.

3. Jill has got a black bike. Jill bike is black.

4. The Smarts have got a big house. The Smart house is big.

5. Jack has got a very nice aunt. Jack aunt is very nice.

6. Charles has got a new camera. Charles camera is new.

7. Dad has got a terrible cold. Dad cold is terrible.

8. George has got an old moblie phone. George moblie phone is old.

9. James has got tall friends. James friends are tall.


10. Kelly has got an old cat. Kelly cat is old.

Put the next nouns between brackets in the possessive or genitive case. See the Contrastive Reference

Grammar

1. my (nephew) dog
2. (Julie) new boyfriend

3. the (men) room

4. my (sister - in - law) husband

5. the (women) leader

6. the (officers) residence

7. for (goodness) sake

8. (Jesus) resurrection
9. the (prince) palace

10. the (Prince of Wales) secret love affair

11. (Clinton) saxophone

12. the (children) toys

13. a (three - hour) drive

14. the (labourers) union

15. (Burns) employees


16. (Beethoven) 9th symphony

17. (Aristoles) yacht

18. (Aristotle) work

19. (Bush) daughter

20. (Andy) girlfriend

Fill in the plural or the singular of the -s genitive, please!

1. (Jane) This is coat.

2. (Millers) Where is the home?


3. (boys) Look at the bikes!

4. (boy) Do you like the name?

5. (man) Can you see the suitcase?

6. (Mr Brown) This is bag.

7. (parents) this is my boat.

8. (Pedro) Let's go to restaurant.

Choose the correct option (A, B or C).


Show questions one by one

1. Maria works at a ... in London.

A. ? travel agent's
B. ? travel agents

C. ? travel's agent

2. She's a successful manager and her speciality is dealing with ...

A. ? the problems of customers

B. ? customers's problems

C. ? customers' problems

3. Her parents are Mexican, and when she travels to Mexico she stays on her ...

A. ? grandparents's farm

B. ? grandparents' farm

C. ? farm of her grandparents

4. ... lives in Lima.

A. ? The cousin of Maria

B. ? Maria's cousin

C. ? Cousin's Maria

5. When she goes to Peru, she stays at ...

A. ? her cousin
B. ? the house of her cousin

C. ? her cousin's

6. Maria has two children, but she is divorced. ... lives in Madrid.

A. ? Her children's father

B. ? Her childrens' father

C. ? The father of her children

7. Once a month the children spend a weekend at their ...

A. ? fathers'

B. ? father's

C. ? house of their father

8. After her divorce, Maria has problems. She thinks that her ex-husband doesn't understand
...

A. ? her situation's difficulties.

B. ? her situations' difficulties.

C. ? the difficulties of her situation.

9. Her children love the Rolling Stones. ... are covered in posters of Mick Jagger.
A. ? Their bedroom's walls

B. ? Their bedrooms's walls

C. ? The walls of their bedroom

10. They have painted "We know it's only rock and roll, but we like it", on ...

A. ? the garage's door

B. ? the door of the garage

C. ? the door's garage

Matching exercise. Are these sentences correct? Correct or False.

Harry's mother's Danish.


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It's unusual to see her here.


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He's his own worst enemy.


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The cat has lost it's ball.


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Harry's mother thinks it's not a good idea.


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Can you tell me where the mens toilet is?


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The boys' coats are in their rooms.


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The boys' father is waiting for him


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That's a picture of my parent's house. They've been married for


fifty years. ???

He didn't stop the car quickly enough and hit the garage's door.
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Paris is France's largest city.


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Next weeks meeting has been cancelled.


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He's largely responsible for the company's success.


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It's written clearly at the page's top.


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I really like the colour of the eyes of Caroline.


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I'm afraid I don't know what the problem's cause is.


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That's not mine. It's Simon's.


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I have two sisters. That's my room and that's my sisters room.


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Are you the Anne's friend?


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Put everything in its place.


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