5.14 Paraphrase the following word combinations using possessive case.
1. The room of my friend. 2. The questions of my son. 3. The wife of my brother. 4. The table of our teacher. 5. The poems of Pushkin. 6. The voice of this girl. 7. The new club of the workers. 8. The letter of Pete. 9. The car of my parents. 10. The life of this woman. 11. The handbags of these women. 12. The flat of my sister 13. The children of my brother. 14. The room of the boys. 15. The name of this girl. 16. The work of these students.
5.15 Rewrite these sentences using's, s', or just an apostrophe (')
1. The books for children. These are children's books.
2. This bag belongs to my friend. .
3. He described the career of the actress. .
4. This is the signature of Mr Brown. .
5. The mistakes which students make. .
6. This is a club for women. .
7. It's a school for girls. .
8. The room is for the guests. .
9. This umbrella belongs to James. .
10. I liked the dinner we had yesterday at the cafe belonging to Mike. .
5.16 Translate from Ukrainian into English in two ways, using both possessive and common cases.
Лист своєї сестри, ковзани мого брата, зошити ваших учнів, речі наших дітей, пташине гніздо, родина мого друга, батько мого друга, мати мого друга, сумка Тома, словарі студентів, книги нашого вчителя, твори цього хлопчика, голос моєї сестри, сміх і крики дітей, мокрі чоботи хлопчиків, бабусине крісло.
5.17 Use possessive case.
1. I like _________ (the camera / Ann).
2. What is _________ (the name / this city)?
3. When is _________ (the birthday / your sister)?
4. Do you like _________ (the colour / this dress)?
5. What is _________ (the address / Jill)?
6. Write you name at _________ (the top / the page)?
7 Are these _________ (the children) pens?
8. Are you _________ (Nancy) daughter?
9. Here’s _________ (my parents) address.
10. What’s _________ (the Wilsons) number?
11. Carol and Nadine are sisters. That’s _________ (Carol and Nadine) father.пожалуйста
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5.14 My friend's room.
My son's questions.
My brother's wife.
Our teacher's table.
Pushkin's poems.
This girl's voice.
The workers' new club.
Pete's letter.
My parents' car.
This woman's life.
These women's handbags.
My sister's flat.
My brother's children.
The boys' room.
This girl's name.
These students' work.
5.15 The books for children. These are children's books.
This bag belongs to my friend. This is my friend's bag.
He described the career of the actress. He described the actress's career.
This is the signature of Mr Brown. This is Mr Brown's signature.
The mistakes which students make. The students' mistakes.
This is a club for women. This is a women's club.
It's a school for girls. It's a girls' school.
The room is for the guests. The guests' room.
This umbrella belongs to James. This is James's umbrella.
I liked the dinner we had yesterday at the cafe belonging to Mike. I liked yesterday's dinner at Mike's cafe.
5.16 The letter of my sister, my sister's letter.
The skates of my brother, my brother's skates.
The notebooks of your students, your students' notebooks.
The things of our children, our children's things.
The bird's nest, the nest of a bird.
The family of my friend, my friend's family.
The father of my friend, my friend's father.
The mother of my friend, my friend's mother.
Tom's bag, the bag of Tom.
The dictionaries of the students, the students' dictionaries.
The books of our teacher, our teacher's books.
The works of this boy, this boy's works.
The voice of my sister, my sister's voice.
The laughter and cries of children, children's laughter and cries.
The wet boots of the boys, the boys' wet boots.
Grandma's chair, the chair of Grandma.
5.17 I like Ann's camera.
What is this city's name?
When is your sister's birthday?
Do you like this dress's color?
What is Jill's address?
Write your name at the top of the page.
Are these children's pens?
Are you Nancy's daughter?
Here's my parents' address.
What's the Wilsons' number?
Carol and Nadine are sisters. That's Carol and Nadine's