THE POSSESSIVE CASE

2.1.  THE POSSESSIVE CASE

2.2.1.  Put the phrases in the possessive case as in the example.

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

1) the house of Mr. Smith; 2) a book of the student; 3) works of Rem- brandt; 4) the bags of those women; 5) the note-books of the children; 6) the cottage of my parents; 7) professional skills of the engineer; 8) the influence of the sun; 9) the atmosphere of the earth; 10) the arrival of the airplane; 11) the policy of the company; 12) the active duty of my brother; 13) the mother of Kate and Mary; 14) the work of the engineers; 15) the times of Ivan the Terrible.

2.2.2.  Choose the correct item.

1.  Liz / the text-book                                                6. the roof / the house

a)  Liz’s text-book                                                       a) the house’s roof

b)  the text-book of Liz                                                b) the roof of the house

c)  the Liz’s text-book                                                c) the house’ roof

2.  the cadets / the hostel                                           7. the Smiths / the car

a)  the cadets’s hostel                                                 а) the Smiths’ car

b)  the cadets’ hostel                                                  b) the Smiths’s car

c)  the hostel of the cadets                                         c) the car of the Smiths

3.  my parents / the friends                                        8. King Charles II / the portrait

a)  the friends of my parents                                     a) the portrait of King Charles II

b)  my parents’s friends                                             b) King Charles the Second’s portrait

c)  my parents’ friends                                               c) King’s Charles II portrait

4.  Tom and Alice / the car                                       9. those men / the magazines

a)  Tom’s and Alice’s car                                          a) those men’ magazines

b)  Tom and Alice’s car                                              b) those men’s magazines

c)  the car of Tom and Alice                                     c) the magazines of those men

5.  Charles / the book                                                 10. the title / the novel I lent you

a)  Charles’ book                                                        a) the title of the novel I lent you

b)  the book of Charles                                               b) the novel’s I lent you title

c)  Charles’s book                                                      c) the novel’s title I lent you

2.2.3.  Translate into English.

Выпускники нашего университета; этажи этого здания; занятия сту- дентов; современное оборудование лабораторий; квалификация инженера; мечта моего старшего брата; профессия моего отца; задание нашего пре- подавателя; руководство университета; дипломная работа студента; ком- ната моего друга.

2.2.4.  Fill in the blanks with a correct item.

1.  My                 name is Mike.                                        6. These are        .

a) friend’s   b) friends’                                               a) tree’s leaves     b) leaves of the tree

2.  Our                names are Jean and Chris.                     7. These are the         families.

a) children’s                                 b) childrens’         a) boy’s                 b) boys’

3.  This is the    dress.               8. Look at the               .

a) ladies’                        b) lady’s                               a) tree’s trunk       b) trunk of the tree

4.  Look at the   .                           9. My                          name is Mark.

a) house’s roof b) roof of the house                             a) brother’s          b) brothers’

5.  This is           book.          10. My                               names are Ben and Tom.

a) John’s                                        b) Johns’               a) brothers’          b) brother’s

2.2.5.                 Replace the nouns in the possessive case by the prepositional groups where it is possible.

Example: He always takes his brothers' books. – He always takes books of his brothers.

1. The only thing she wanted was to see her parents' house again. 2. No one could explain his friend’s behaviour at yesterday's supper. 3. Last Sunday's football match was disappointing. Our team lost. 4. After an hour's break we resumed our work. 5. It was four and a half hours' ride. 6. I don't like cow's milk. 7. Soon after the World War I the general entered The Army’s Command.

8.  Upon Zhukov’s return to Moscow he was appointed to a regional command.

9.  This is John's coat, and that is Peter's.

2.2.6.  Rewrite the sentences using the possessive case.

Example: I must sleep 9 hours a day to feel well. – I must have nine- hours’ sleep to feel well.

1. After every lecture we have a break, which lasts fifteen minutes. 2. I can't understand why he is so tired. The distance he covered is a mile only. 3. The walk to the camp was short. It took us ten minutes. 4. Last year I spent 2 weeks of my leave in Greece. 5. If you want to get there, a trip will take you only five hours. 6. Don't take a training course that lasts a week. It won't do any good for you. 7. I slept only five hours yesterday because I had a late night. 8. The workweek of my father lasts five days.