11 class

THE POSSESSIVE FORMS OF NOUNS

To make the possessive form of nouns in writing, we add 's ('apostrophe s') to sin ular nouns and to irregular plurals that dOn't end in -s and add ' tan apostrophe) to regular plurals.

Philfp s car, the college’s admin fstl ators, the women’s liberation movement The boys’football boots, the companies’ difficulties.

Often we can use the possessive 's or of + noun with very little difference in maening:

Ireland's beauty or the beauty of Ireland

the company's policy or the policy of the company

Use the possessive form of a noun:

—             when the noun refers to a particular person or group of people:

Carolyn's illness (rather than the illness of Carolyn)

the children's coats (rather than the coats of the children)

—             when we are talking about time, as in:

next year's holiday prices last night's TV programmes

Use the of + noun form:

—             with an inanimate noun, i.e. referring to something that is not living:

the cover ofthe book (or the book cover)

the construction of the office block

—             when we are talking about а process, or а change over time:

the establishment of the committee the destruction of the forest

when the noun is а long noun phrase:

She is the sister of someone I used to go to school with.

Task 1. Rewrite the sentences using the words in brackets and much or many. Make any other necessary changes.

1.       Are there many jobs to be done in the garden? (work)

2.       I didn’t spend many hours on the homework. (time)

3.       Did they do many experiments before they found а cure? (research)

4.       They couldn’t give mc many details about the delay in our flight. (information)

5.         There are too many cars and lorries on the streets of our town. (traffic)

6.         I didn’t have too much difficulty with this exercise (problems)

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