Притяжательный падеж имен существительных
Workout
Replace the of-phrase by the Possessive Case.
Example: The name of my friend – my friend’s name.
A meeting of students –
The flat of my mother-in-law –
The rays of the sun –
A distance of two miles –
The joys of life –
The house of his parents –
The theatres of Moscow –
The children of my sister Mary –
Translate into English.
Письмо моего друга, рассказы этого писателя, библиотека института, дочь моей младшей сестры, младшая дочь моей сестры, стены этого старого дома, старые стены этого дома.
Paraphrase the following word combinations.
Example: the order of the captain – the captain’s order
The dress of the girl, the light of the moon, the squares of Moscow, a walk of two miles, the brother of George, the noise of the morning, the friend of Tom, the journey of two weeks, the skates of the boy, the house of the peasant.
4. Use `s or of
Example: the door / the room – the door of the room
the mother / Ann – Ann’s mother
1. The camera / Tom -
2. The eyes / the cat –
3. The top / the page –
4. The daughter / Charles –
5. The newspaper / today –
6. The toys / the children –
7. The name / your wife –
8. The name / this street –
9. The name / the man I saw you with yesterday –
10. The new manager / the company –
11. The result / the football match –
12. The car / Mike’s parents –
13. The birthday / my father –
14. The new headmaster / the school –
15. The garden / our neighbours –
16. The ground floor / the building –
17. The children / Don and Mary –
18. The economic policy / the government –
Self-study practice
Replace the of-phrase by the Possessive Case.
Example: the assistant of the director – the director’s assistant
clothes of men –
games of children –
information of the dean -
stories of Mark Twain –
the birthday of my girl-friend –
the books of her pupils -
the camera of my friend -
the car of Charles -
the coat of his brother -
the coat of my cousin –
the dog of the woman walking down the street -
the duties of men-servants –
the flats of the workers -
the nephew of Sir Charles –
the new house of the Parkers –
the order of the Commander-in-Chief –
the pen of Jack -
the population of London –
the rooms of the daughter and the son –
the shoes of the girl -
the watch of the teacher –
Местоимения: личные, притяжательные, указательные
Workout
Choose the right pronoun.
1. Mark is (their / theirs) cousin.
2. This (our / ours) car. It is (our / ours).
3. These books are (her / hers).
4. (Her / Hers) house is very big.
5. Yellow is (my / mine) favourite colour.
6. You can’t take this book. It isn’t (your / yours).
7. Is this (your / yours) coat?
8. Bob and Fred are (their / theirs) cousins.
9. This dog is (my / mine).
10. Look at (her / hers) new hat. It’s nice.
11. Tom is a friend of (my / mine).
12. She’s got a pen of (your / yours).
Replace the italicized words by pronouns.
Hamlet
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, learns from Hamlet’s father’s ghost that Hamlet’s father was killed by Claudius, Hamlet’s uncle, now married to Hamlet’s mother. Hamlet engages a group of players to re-ennact the murder: the players’ performance exposes Claudius, but Hamlet is reluctant to kill Claudius. Instead, Hamlet offends Hamlet’s mother, drives Hamlet’s girlfriend, Ophelia, mad, and kills Ophelia’s father. Not surprisingly, Hamlet is sent abroad, but Hamlet returns to make more trouble, and the film comes to the film’s end, with everyone dead, and Denmark in the hands of Denmark’s enemies.
Use possessive pronouns.
1. (He) … composition is very interesting.
2. (We) … son goes to school.
3. (You) … sister is young.
4. (They) … knowledge of the subject is very poor.
5. (He) … name is John.
6. (I) … family lives in Kiev.
7. (She) … friends often visit her.
Give the right form of personal pronouns.
1. I often see (they, them) in the bus.
2. She lives near (we, us).
3. (We, us) always walk to school together.
4. He teaches (we, us) English.
5. She sits near (I, me) during the lesson.
6. I always speak to (he, him) in English.
7. What is the matter with (he, him) today?
8. He explains the lesson to (we, us) each morning.
9. There are some letters here for you and (I, me).
10. I know (she, her) and her sister very well.